Selective attention to threat bias in delusion-prone individuals

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 765-772

  Lim, Michelle ^a   Gleeson, John F ^a,b   Jackson, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delusion proneness; psychosis continuum; selective attention to threat bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SAFETY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STROOP TEST; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROOP TEST;

EID: 80053559295     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31822fc9e9     Document Type: Article

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