Choking under Pressure: Degrading Flashforwards Related to Performance Anxiety

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-167

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Sijbrandij, Marit ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Rutherford, Natalie M ^a   Rahim, Haza F ^a   Kocak, Fatma ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EMDR; eye movements; intrusive images; performance anxiety; social phobia; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940548521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.024111     Document Type: Article

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