The neural correlates of attentional bias in blood phobia as revealed by the N2pc

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Buodo, Giulia ^a   Sarlo, Michela ^a   Munafò, Marianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Blood phobia; N2pc

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953980239     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsp050     Document Type: Article

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