The role of fear-relevant stimuli in visual search: A comparison of phylogenetic and ontogenetic stimuli

Emotion

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 360-364

  Brosch, Tobias ^a,b   Sharma, Dinkar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIREARM; FLOWER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MUSHROOM; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; SNAKE; SPIDER; SYRINGE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 26444574233     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.3.360     Document Type: Article

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