Triggers of fear: Perceptual cues versus conceptual information in spider phobia

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 704-714

  Peperkorn, Henrik M ^a   Alpers, Georg W ^b   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conceptual information; Perceptual cues; Spider phobia; Virtual reality exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPT FORMATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902345023     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22057     Document Type: Article

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