Gaze Perception Requires Focused Attention: Evidence From an Interference Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-118

  Burton, A Mike ^a   Bindemann, Markus ^a   Langton, Stephen R H ^b   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^c   Jenkins, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

attention; face perception; gaze

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 60349098526     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.35.1.108     Document Type: Article

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