Visual scanning in the recognition of facial affect: Is there an observer sex difference?

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Vassallo, Suzane ^a   Cooper, Sian L ^a   Douglas, Jacinta M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotions; Eye movements; Facial expression; Nonverbal communication; Ocular fixation; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; NOSE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049110125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.11     Document Type: Article

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