Construct validity of behavioral models of anxiety: Where experimental psychopathology meets ecology and evolution

Psychology and Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Maximino, Caio ^a   de Brito, Thiago Marques ^b   Gouveia Jr , Amauri ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal models of anxiety; Construct validity; Evolution; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEAR; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

EID: 77954554283     PISSN: 19843054     EISSN: 19833288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3922/j.psns.2010.1.015     Document Type: Article

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