The attentional processes underlying impaired inhibition of threat in anxiety: The remote distractor effect

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 934-942

  Richards, Helen J ^a   Benson, Valerie ^a   Hadwin, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Eye movements; Inhibition; Remote distractor; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA FOVEA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84863852329     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2011.630990     Document Type: Article

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