Backward masked snakes and guns modulate spatial attention

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-544

  Carlson, Joshua M ^a   Fee, Andrea L ^b   Reinke, Karen S ^c  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward masking; Dot probe; Emotion; Evolution; Fear

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951740754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470490900700404     Document Type: Article

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