The effects of emotion on memory: An investigation of attentional bias

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-113

  Kulas, Joseph F ^a,b   Conger, Judith C ^a   Smolin, James M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Memory; Serial position curve; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; RECALL; SCREENING; SPIDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIDERS;

EID: 0037211728     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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