Inhibitory control as a moderator of threat-related interference biases in social anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 723-735

  Gorlin, Eugenia I ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Inhibitory control; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEAR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPEECH; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84928587820     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.931275     Document Type: Article

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