Looking for traces of phylogenetic fears: Differences in EEG slow oscillations and complexity between spider- and flight phobic subjects

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-49

  Bornas, Xavier ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^b   Llabrés, Jordi ^a   Wiedemann, Georg ^c   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complexity; EEG; Ex post facto study; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949151813     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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