Eye gaze during comprehension of American sign language by native and beginning signers

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 237-243

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Thompson, Robin ^b   Colvin, Rachael ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SIGN LANGUAGE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEAFNESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349110675     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enn037     Document Type: Article

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