Social traits modulate attention to affiliative cues

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Moore, Sarah R ^a   Fu, Yu ^a   Depue, Richard A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Attachment; Attention; Emotional processing; Social closeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904574826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00649     Document Type: Article

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