Attentional bias towards angry faces in trait-reappraisal

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-66

  Arndt, Jody E ^a   Fujiwara, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Dot probe; Individual differences; Reappraisal; Trait emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455218963     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.08.030     Document Type: Article

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