Individual differences in scanpaths correspond with serotonin transporter genotype and behavioral phenotype in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages

  Gibboni III, Robert R ^a   Zimmerman, Prisca E ^a   Gothard, Katalin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Facial expression; Gaze direction; Genotype; Scanpath; Serotonin transporter; Social behavior; Temperament

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950237303     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.050.2009     Document Type: Article

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