Looking on the bright side: biased attention and the human serotonin transporter gene.

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on February 25, 2009

Authors

Elaine Fox1, Anna Ridgewell, Chris Ashwin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK. efox@essex.ac.uk

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