Imagery and Interpretations in Social Phobia: Support for the Combined Cognitive Biases Hypothesis

2006/05/26 by Colette R. Hirsch, David M. Clark, Andrew Mathews · 350 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Anxiety #Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes #Cognition #Cognitive bias #Cognitive psychology #Isolation (microbiology) #Mental Health Research Topics #Neuroscience and Music Perception #Psychology #Social anxiety #Social cognition

paper · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2006.02.001

published in Behavior Therapy 37(3), 223-236 (Elsevier BV)

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