The influence of anxiety on ocular motor control and gaze

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 118-124

  Staab, Jeffrey P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

fear of falling; gaze bias; social anxiety disorder (social phobia); visual dependence; visually induced unsteadiness and dizziness (visual vertigo)

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DIZZINESS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE;

EID: 84895062497     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000055     Document Type: Review

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