Social anxiety and difficulty disengaging threat: Evidence from eye-tracking

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 300-311

  Schofield, Casey A ^a   Johnson, Ashley L ^a,b   Inhoff, Albrecht W ^b   Coles, Meredith E ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Depression; Disengagement; Dot probe; Eye tracking; Social anxiety; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EYE TRACKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84857280878     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.602050     Document Type: Article

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