Age effects and gaze patterns in recognising emotional expressions: An in-depth look at gaze measures and covariates

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 436-452

  Murphy, Nora A ^a   Isaacowitz, Derek M ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Aging; Emotion recognition; Eye tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFFECT; AGE; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 77950985758     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930802664623     Document Type: Article

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