Depressive primes stimulate initial avoidance of angry faces: An eye-tracking study of paranoid ideation

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-492

  Provencio, María ^a   Vázquez, Carmelo ^a   Valiente, Carmen ^a   Hervas, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Eye tracking; Paranoia; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONALITY; EYE TRACKING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PERSECUTION AND DESERVEDNESS SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 84867570926     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-011-9388-5     Document Type: Article

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