Faces in a crowd: high socially anxious individuals estimate that more people are looking at them than low socially anxious individuals.

People with social anxiety disorder are afraid of being scrutinized by others and often feel that they are the excessive focus of other people's attention. This study investigated whether, when compared to low socially anxious individuals, high socially anxious individuals overestimate the prop...

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Main Authors: Olivia C Bolt, Anke Ehlers, David M Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4160315?pdf=render