The influence of animal fear on attentional capture by fear-relevant animal stimuli in children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-121

  Waters, Allison M ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional capture; Children; Fear relevance; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKE; SPIDER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNAKES; SPIDERS;

EID: 38349059797     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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