Why are you angry with me? Facial expressions of threat influence perception of gaze direction

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Ewbank, Michael P ^a   Jennings, Caroline ^b   Calder, Andrew J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion; Facial expression; Fear; Gaze perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANGER; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950356704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.12.1     Document Type: Article

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