Visual attention to emotion in depression: Facilitation and withdrawal processes

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 602-614

  Wisco, Blair E ^a   Treat, Teresa A ^b   Hollingworth, Andrew ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Cognitive bias; Depression; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84861493595     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.595392     Document Type: Article

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