Treatment effect on biases in size estimation in spider phobia

Biological Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-152

  Shiban, Youssef ^a   Fruth, Martina B ^b   Pauli, Paul ^b   Kinateder, Max ^c   Reichenberger, Jonas ^a   Mühlberger, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure therapy; Perceptual bias; Size perception; Skin conductance response; Spider phobia; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEMORY BIAS; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SIZE ESTIMATION BIAS; SPIDER PHOBIA; VIRTUAL REALITY; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SPIDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SIZE PERCEPTION; SPIDERS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962162047     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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