Increased gaze following for fearful faces. It depends on what you're looking for!

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-95

  Kuhn, Gustav ^a   Tipples, Jason ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional control setting; Emotion; Gaze cueing; Gaze following; Visual Search

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951855668     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0033-1     Document Type: Article

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