Early information processing biases in social anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-185

  Miskovic, Vladimir ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotion processing; Social anxiety; Threat related bias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DOT PROBE TASK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84858246309     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.565037     Document Type: Article

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