Becoming the center of attention in social anxiety disorder: Startle reactivity to a virtual audience during speech anticipation

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 942-948

  Cornwell, Brian R ^a   Heller, Randi ^a   Biggs, Arter ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a   Grillon, Christian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STARTLE REFLEX; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THREAT; VIRTUAL REALITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WHITE NOISE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPEECH; STARTLE REACTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79960739577     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05731blu     Document Type: Article

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