Greater Sustained Anxiety but Not Phasic Fear in Women Compared to Men

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 410-413

  Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; fear; sex difference; startle; unpredictability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AVERSION; BED NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 44949145269     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.3.410     Document Type: Article

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