Autobiographical memories associated with feared stimuli in fearful and nonfearful individuals

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Wenzel, Amy ^a   Jackson, Lydia C ^a   Brendle, Jennifer R ^a   Pinna, Keri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Blood Injury fear; Cognitive bias; Spider fear

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037372474     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1061580021000009656     Document Type: Article

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