Staring at one side of the face increases blood flow on that side of the face

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-287

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Mirco, Nadia ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic asymmetry; Blushing; Embarrassment; Facial blood flow; Staring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SINGING; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLUSHING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; READING; REFLEX; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASODILATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942440441     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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