Individual differences in the ability to recognise facial identity are associated with social anxiety

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Davis, Joshua M ^a   McKone, Elinor ^a,b   Dennett, Hugh ^a   O'Connor, Kirsty B ^a   O'Kearney, Richard ^a   Palermo, Romina ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FACE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 83355168632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028800     Document Type: Article

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