Itsy bitsy spider?: Valence and self-relevance predict size estimation

Biological Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 138-145

  Leibovich, Tali ^a,b   Cohen, Noga ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Phobia; Self relevance; Size estimation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF RELEVANCE; SPIDER PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VALENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; AFFECT; ANIMAL; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SPIDER; YOUNG ADULT;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPIDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962129729     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.01.009     Document Type: Article

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