Electrocortical evidence for rapid allocation of attention to threat in the dot-probe task

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-583

  Kappenman, Emily S ^a   MacNamara, Annmarie ^b   Proudfit, Greg Hajcak ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Dot probe; ERPs; IAPS; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926463314     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsu098     Document Type: Article

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