Shyness and face scanning in children

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 909-914

  Brunet, Paul M ^a   Heisz, Jennifer J ^a   Mondloch, Catherine J ^b   Shore, David I ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Eye tracking; Face scanning; Shyness

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SHYNESS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 68749106812     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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