Anxiety and attention to threatening pictures

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 665-681

  Yiend, Jenny ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FEAR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CUES; FEAR; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 85047685359     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713755991     Document Type: Article

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