What's so scary about needles and knives? Examining the role of experience in threat detection

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 180-187

  LoBue, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional bias; Detecation; Fear; Threat

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDLE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYRINGE; THREAT;

EID: 71649090683     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802542308     Document Type: Review

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