Perceptual and not physical eye contact elicits pupillary dilation

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-116

  Honma, Motoyasu ^a,b   Tanaka, Yasuto ^c,d   Osada, Yoshihisa ^a   Kuriyama, Kenichi ^b  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Okayama City OK   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye contact; Face to face method; Gaze sensitivity; Pupillary dilation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; GAZE DIRECTION; GENDER; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLARY DIAMETER; PUPILLARY DILATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PUPIL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155166989     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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