Fear of negative evaluation and attentional bias for facial expressions: An event-related study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 344-352

  Rossignol, Mandy ^a   Campanella, Salvatore ^b   Bissot, Cécile ^a   Philippot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention; Emotional biases; ERP; Evaluation anxiety; Face; FNE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DISGUST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; EMOTIONAL BIASES; ERP; EVALUATION ANXIETY; FACE; FNE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879701329     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.05.008     Document Type: Article

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