Age-related differences in gaze following: Does the age of the face matter?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 536-541

  Slessor, Gillian ^a   Laird, Gillian ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^a   Bull, Rebecca ^a   Filippou, Dimitra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Gaze following; Own age bias; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955889464     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq038     Document Type: Article

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