Attentional Bias to Threat: A Perceptual Accuracy Approach

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 820-827

  Van Damme, Stefaan ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a   Notebaert, Lies ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

attentional bias; classical conditioning; perceptual accuracy; threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58249119773     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014149     Document Type: Article

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