An unusual attraction to the eyes in Williams-Beuren syndrome: A manipulation of facial affect while measuring face scanpaths

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 505-530

  Porter, Melanie A ^a,b   Shaw, Tracey A ^b   Marsh, Pamela J ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion processing; Eye gaze; Face gaze; Face processing; Social salience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EYE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHILD; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WILLIAMS SYNDROME;

EID: 78149337024     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546801003644486     Document Type: Article

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