Facial attractiveness biases the perception of eye contact

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1906-1918

  Kloth, Nadine ^a,b   Altmann, Carolin S ^a   Schweinberger, Stefan R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Emotional expression; Eye gaze; Face perception; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855817742     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.587254     Document Type: Article

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