Autobiographical memory biases in social anxiety

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-297

  Morgan, Julie ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Cognitive biases; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECALL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THREAT;

ANXIETY; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77549087266     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2009.12.003     Document Type: Review

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