Detection of change in threat-related and innocuous scenes among snake-fearful and snake-tolerant participants: Data from the flicker task

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 515-523

  McGlynn, F Dudley ^a   Wheeler, Scott A ^a   Wilamowska, Zofia A ^a   Katz, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Change blindness; Fear; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; FLICKER TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SNAKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNAKES;

EID: 40649090630     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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