Eye tracking and physiological reactivity to threatening stimuli in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 668-673

  Felmingham, Kim L ^a,b   Rennie, Chris ^b,c   Manor, Barry ^b   Bryant, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye tracking; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Skin conductance response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 79955545433     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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