Facing the gaze of others

Neurophysiologie Clinique

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-207

  George, N ^a,b   Conty, L ^a,c  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

EEG MEG; Eye contact; Face; Gaze direction; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAZE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SHORT SURVEY;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 51749123352     PISSN: 09877053     EISSN: 17697131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucli.2008.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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