Time course of attentional bias for fear-relevant pictures in spider-fearful individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1241-1250

  Mogg, Karin ^a   Bradley, Brendan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Specific fear; Spider; Time course; Visual probe task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; SPIDER; STIMULUS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CATS; FEAR; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746218106     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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