Do eye movements measured across high and low fascination photographs differ? Addressing Kaplan's fascination hypothesis

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-191

  Berto, Rita ^a   Massaccesi, Stefano ^b   Pasini, Margherita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Directed attention; Eye movements; Fascination

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949143124     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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