Investigation of an attentional bias for fear-related material in obsessive-compulsive checkers

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-229

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Von Mühlenen, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Attentional bias; Inhibition of return; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONTROL GROUPS; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 41849113113     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20294     Document Type: Article

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