Gaze avoidance in social phobia: Objective measure and correlates

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-151

  Moukheiber, Albert ^a   Rautureau, Gilles ^a   Perez Diaz, Fernando ^a   Soussignan, Robert ^a   Dubal, Stéphanie ^a   Jouvent, Roland ^a   Pelissolo, Antoine ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotion; Gaze aversion; Social phobia; Visual scanpaths

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GAZE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749099984     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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