Intolerance of uncertainty: Neural and psychophysiological correlates of the perception of uncertainty as threatening.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Clinical Psychology Review

• Publication date

  2018-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2018.01.001PMID 29331446
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