Imagery and fear influence height perception

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 381-386

  Clerkin, Elise M ^a   Cody, Meghan W ^a   Stefanucci, Jeanine K ^b   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrophobia; Height fear; Imagery; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SIZE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749129469     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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