Individuals with social phobia are biased to become aware of negative faces

Visual Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 159-179

  Eastwood, John D ^a   Smilek, Daniel ^b   Oakman, Jonathan M ^c   Farvolden, Peter ^d   van Ameringen, Michael ^e   Mancini, Catherine ^e   Merikle, Philip M ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 14844338575     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280444000175     Document Type: Article

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