Eye contact and arousal: The effects of stimulus duration

Biological Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Helminen, Terhi M ^a   Kaasinen, Suvi M ^a   Hietanen, Jari K ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Eye contact; Gaze direction; Personality; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGREEABLENESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; EYE CONTACT; FEMALE; FIXED STIMULUS DURATION; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONTROLLED STIMULUS DURATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052503393     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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