Influence of emotional facial expressions on binocular rivalry

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-326

  Bannerman, Rachel L ^a   Milders, Maarten ^a   De Gelder, Beatrice ^b   Sahraie, Arash ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Binocular rivalry; Emotions; Facial expressions; Visual awareness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE DOMINANCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45349094132     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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