An event-related potential study on exposure therapy for patients suffering from spider phobia

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-300

  Leutgeb, Verena ^a   Schäfer, Axel ^a   Schienle, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Automatic attention; Avoidance; Cognitive behavior therapy; Directed attention; EEG; ERP; Spider phobia; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350127715     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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