The effect of inducing panic search on the detection of fear-relevant and neutral images

Visual Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 762-784

  Quinlan, Philip T ^a   Johnson, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial precues; Speeded visual search; Threat detection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; IMAGERY; NEUTRAL IMAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT; VISION; VISUAL SEARCH;

EID: 79961093768     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506285.2011.587846     Document Type: Article

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