Attentional and behavioural responses of spider fearfuls to virtual spiders

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1199-1206

  Rinck, Mike ^a   Kwakkenbos, Linda ^a   Dotsch, Ron ^a   Wigboldus, Daniël H J ^a   Becker, Eni S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Avoidance; Spider fear; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77957731418     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903135945     Document Type: Article

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