Cognitive functioning in socially anxious adults: Insights from the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Troller Renfree, Sonya V ^a   Barker, Tyson V ^a   Pine, Daniel S ^b   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallized cognition; Executive function; Fluid cognition; NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940470211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00764     Document Type: Article

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