Unreliability of the dot probe task

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 595-605

  Schmukle, Stefan C ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention allocation; Attentional bias; Dot probe task; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544455295     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.554     Document Type: Article

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