Modulation of responses to emotional information in pathological anxiety

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-385

  Schrooten, Martien G S ^a   Smulders, Fren T Y ^a   Arntz, Arnoud ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Response modulations; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905120752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.012710     Document Type: Article

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