Visual search with biological threat stimuli: Accuracy, reaction times, and heart rate changes

Emotion

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-353

  Flykt, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Snakes; Spiders; Threat; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FLOWER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSHROOM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SNAKE; SPIDER; THREAT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; SNAKES; SPIDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 26444528460     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.3.349     Document Type: Article

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