Lexical decision task performance in blood-fearful and spider-fearful individuals

Current Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-143

  Ferraro, F Richard ^a   Christopherson, K I M ^a   Douglas, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33750917140     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-006-1008-2     Document Type: Review

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