Childhood anxiety and attention to emotion faces in a modified stroop task

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 487-494

  Hadwin, Julie A ^a   Donnelly, Nick ^a   Richards, Anne ^b   French, Christopher C ^c   Patel, Umang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67249162760     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X315503     Document Type: Article

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