Panic disorder and right-hemisphere reliance

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 245-255

  Smeets, Guus ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Griez, Eric ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive styles; Lateral eye movements; Panic disorder; Right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844447078     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615809708249303     Document Type: Article

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