Study of the bias of selective attention to threatening and reassuring stimuli in trait anxiety: Consideration of the time course;Étude du biais d'attention sélective envers les stimuli menaçants et sécurisants dans l'anxiété-trait : Considération du décours temporel

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-37

  Leleu, Vincent ^a   Douilliez, Céline ^a   Rusinek, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

anxiety; attentional control; attentional disengagement; safety related and threatening words

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897593193     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cep0000006     Document Type: Article

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