The pathology of social phobia is independent of developmental changes in face processing

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1202-1209

  Blair, Karina S ^a   Geraci, Marilla ^a   Korelitz, Katherine ^a   Otero, Marcela ^a   Towbin, Ken ^a   Ernst, Monique ^a   Leibenluft, Ellen ^a   Blair, R J R ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MATURATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84857072643     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10121740     Document Type: Article

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