Near space and its relation to claustrophobic fear

Cognition

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 448-453

  Lourenco, Stella F ^a   Longo, Matthew R ^b   Pathman, Thanujeni ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Claustrophobia; Individual differences; Near peripersonal space; Pseudoneglect; Spatial perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR SPACE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDONEGLECT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ENVIRONMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PERSONAL SPACE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953328712     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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