Experimental evidence for interpretive but not attention biases towards somatic information in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-208

  Moss Morris, Rona ^a,b   Petrie, Keith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0038707350     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910703321649169     Document Type: Article

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