Stress increases the feeling of being looked at

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 292-298

  Rimmele, Ulrike ^a   Lobmaier, Janek S ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Emotional expression; Eye gaze; Induced stress; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANGRY; ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SALIVA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 83555165095     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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