Attention Bias for Angry Faces in Children with Social Phobia

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 475-489

  Waters, Allison M ^a   Mogg, Karin ^b   Bradley, Brendan P ^b   Pine, Daniel S ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

angry faces; attention bias; children; social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85203344511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.018111     Document Type: Article

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