The eye contact effect: mechanisms and development

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-134

  Senju, Atsushi ^a   Johnson, Mark H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NETWORKS; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; EYE CONTACTS; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; HUMAN FACES; SENSORY INFORMATIONS;

BRAIN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 60849095093     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2008.11.009     Document Type: Review

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