Dwelling on potential threat cues: An eye movement marker for combat-related PTSD

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-502

  Armstrong, Thomas ^a   Bilsky, Sarah A ^a   Zhao, Mimi ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder; stress, anxiety anxiety disorders; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREAT; VETERAN;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84876951292     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22115     Document Type: Article

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