Selective Attention to Angry Faces in Clinical Social Phobia

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 160-165

  Mogg, Karin ^a   Philippot, Pierre ^b   Bradley, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 1242342684     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.113.1.160     Document Type: Article

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