Exogenous attention to angry faces in social anxiety: A perceptual accuracy approach

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1165-1175

  Moriya, Jun ^a,b   Tanno, Yoshihiko ^c  

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy rates; Angry faces; Endogenous attention; Exogenous attention; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGRY FACE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; EXOGENOUS ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STAI TRAIT FORM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84855702361     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.535695     Document Type: Article

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