Conscious intrusion of threat information via unconscious priming in anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-62

  Li, Wen ^a   Paller, Ken A ^a   Zinbarg, Richard E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DISTRACTIBILITY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; THREAT;

EID: 37549021459     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930701273823     Document Type: Article

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