Comparing measures of approach-avoidance behaviour: The manikin task vs. two versions of the joystick task

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 810-828

  Krieglmeyer, Regina ^a   Deutsch, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Fear of spiders; Implicit measures; Unintentional evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIDER; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77954413105     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903047298     Document Type: Article

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