Sex differences in eye gaze and symbolic cueing of attention

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 631-650

  Bayliss, Andrew P ^a   Pellegrino, Giuseppe Di ^a   Tipper, Steven P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 18844430605     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000124     Document Type: Article

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