Sexual orientation biases attentional control: A possible gaydar mechanism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2010, Pages

  Colzato, Lorenza S ^a   van Hooidonk, Linda ^a   van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^b   Harinck, Fieke ^c   Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Global precedence; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956407354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00013     Document Type: Article

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