Anxiety and selective attention to angry faces: An antisaccade study

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-65

  Reinholdt Dunne, M L ^a,b   Mogg, K ^a   Benson, V ^a   Bradley, B P ^a   Hardin, M G ^c   Liversedge, S P ^a   Pine, D S ^d   Ernst, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angry faces; Antisaccade; Anxiety; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; LATENT PERIOD; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

EID: 84856364638     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2011.560111     Document Type: Article

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