Fear perception: Can objective and subjective awareness measures be dissociated?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Szczepanowski, Remigiusz ^a   Pessoa, Luiz ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Dissociation; Fear perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AWARENESS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33947640997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/7.4.10     Document Type: Article

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