Effect of contextual factors on patterns of eye-movement: Comparing sensitivity to background information between Japanese and Westerners

Japanese Journal of Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-43

  Masuda, Takahiko ^a   Akase, Mikako ^b   Radford, Mark H B ^c   Wang, Huaitang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Symbiosis Group Limited

Author keywords

Attention; Culture; Eye movement; The Japanese; Westerners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTENTION; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTENTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 47749102984     PISSN: 00215236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4992/jjpsy.79.35     Document Type: Article

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