Face value: Eye movements and the evaluation of facial crowds in social anxiety

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-363

  Lange, Wolf Gero ^a   Heuer, Kathrin ^b   Langner, Oliver ^a   Keijsers, Ger P J ^a   Becker, Eni S ^a   Rinck, Mike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crowd; Evaluation; Eye movements; Faces; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWDING; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952608063     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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