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Abstract
This study explored perspective taking in social phobics' images of past anxiety-provoking
social situations and non-social situations. For images of social situations, social
phobics were significantly more likely than non-patient controls to take an observer
perspective, viewing themselves as if from an external point of view. In contrast,
social phobics and controls did not differ in the perspective taken in images of non-social
situations, which were generally viewed from a field perspective (seeing the situation
as if looking out through their own eyes). The clinical significance of these findings
is briefly discussed.