Attentional resources in social anxiety and the effects of perceptual load

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1329-1348

  Moriya, Jun ^a   Tanno, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attentional resources; Goal directed attention; Perceptual load; Social anxiety; Stimulus driven attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 78649700475     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903378503     Document Type: Article

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