Temporal allocation of attention toward threat in individuals with posttraumatic stress symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1080-1085

  Amir, Nader ^a   Taylor, Charles T ^a   Bomyea, Jessica A ^a   Badour, Christal L ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Information processing; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349759336     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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