Do threatening stimuli draw or hold visual attention in subclinical anxiety?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 681-700

  Fox, Elaine ^a   Russo, Riccardo ^a   Bowles, Robert ^a   Dutton, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047684265     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.4.681     Document Type: Article

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