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Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat
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Published on: September 12, 2014

Relationships among anxiety, defensiveness, sex, task difficulty, and performance on various neuropsychological tasks

S P Buckelew, H J Hannay

    Perceptual and Motor Skills
    |October 1, 1986
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