Does the modified Stroop effect exist in PTSD? Evidence from dissertation abstracts and the peer reviewed literature

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-655

  Kimble, Matthew O ^a   Frueh, B Christopher ^b   Marks, Libby ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Dissertation Abstract Review; Modified Stroop; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DISSERTATION ABSTRACT REVIEW; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; INJURY; MODIFIED STROOP EFFECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUBLICATION; REACTION TIME; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PEER REVIEW; RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 64249141475     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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