Attentional shift by eye gaze requires joint attention: Eye gaze cues are unique to shift attention

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-301

  Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrow cues; Attentional shift; Eye gaze; Joint attention; Reflexive orienting

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052194726     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: 14685884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2011.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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