The cost of being watched: Stroop interference increases under concomitant eye contact

Cognition

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Conty, Laurence ^a   Gimmig, David ^d   Belletier, Clément ^d   George, Nathalie ^b,c   Huguet, Pascal ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Eye contact effect; Social perception; Stroop interference; Visual cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77549086090     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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