Memory and interpretation of visual representations of threat in socially anxious and nonanxious individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1029-1044

  Wenzel, Amy ^a,b   Finstrom, Nicholas ^a   Jordan, Jennifer ^a   Brendle, Jennifer R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive biases; Interpretation; Memory; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEAR; HUMANS; MEMORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 20444432172     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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