The misclassification of facial expressions in generalised social phobia

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 278-283

  Bell, C ^a   Bourke, C ^a   Colhoun, H ^a   Carter, F ^a   Frampton, C ^a   Porter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anger; Facial expression recognition; Neutral expressions; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79151472548     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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