The mere perception of eye contact increases arousal during a word-spelling task

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-186

  Conty, Laurence ^a   Russo, Marisa ^a   Loehr, Valerie ^a   Hugueville, Laurent ^a   Barbu, Stephanie ^a   Huguet, Pascal ^a   Tijus, Charles ^b   George, Nathalie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Corrugator activity; Eye contact; Gaze perception; Skin conductance response; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952116001     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470910903227507     Document Type: Article

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