Working memory load moderates late attentional bias in social anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-511

  Judah, Matt R ^a   Grant, DeMond M ^a   Lechner, William V ^a   Mills, Adam C ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Social anxiety; Vigilance avoidance; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WORKING MEMORY; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EMOTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84875913486     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.719490     Document Type: Article

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