Evidence for an encounter expectancy bias in fear of spiders

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 727-736

  Aue, Tatjana ^a   Hoeppli, Marie Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Expectancy bias; Fear of spiders; Ratings; Risk of encounter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DSM-IV; EFFECT SIZE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SNAKE; SPIDER; SPIDER PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BIRDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SNAKES; SPIDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861489938     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.602241     Document Type: Article

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