Is There a Mutual Relationship Between Opposite Attentional Biases Underlying Anxiety?

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-594

  Onnis, Renzo ^a   Dadds, Mark R ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Avoidance; Hypervigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GALVANIC CURRENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODULATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FIXATION, OCULAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959286468     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022019     Document Type: Article

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