Tell-Tale Eyes: Children's Attribution of Gaze Aversion as a Lying Cue

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1655-1667

  Einav, Shiri ^a   Hood, Bruce M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gaze perception; mental state attribution; nonverbal deception cues; sex differences; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; RECUMBENCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISION;

CHILD; CUES; CULTURE; DECEPTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; ORIENTATION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349086427     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013299     Document Type: Article

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