Camera Perspective Bias in Videotaped Confessions: Evidence That Visual Attention Is a Mediator

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 192-200

  Ware, Lezlee J ^a   Lassiter, G Daniel ^a   Patterson, Stephen M ^a   Ransom, Michael R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

camera perspective bias; eye tracking; videotaped confessions; visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCLOSURE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 47049099617     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.2.192     Document Type: Article

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