Cognitive biases in social phobia

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 204-210

  Spokas, Megan E ^a,b   Rodebaugh, Thomas L ^a,b   Heimberg, Richard G ^a,b  

^a USA She is interested in factors contributing to the aetiology and maintenance of anxiety disorders ^*

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive bias; imagery; information processing; interpretation; memory; social anxiety; social phobia

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COGNITION; IMAGERY; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 34247892298     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.02.006     Document Type: Review

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