Eyes as windows to the soul: Gazing behavior is related to personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Rauthmann, John F ^a   Seubert, Christian T ^a   Sachse, Pierre ^a   Furtner, Marco R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Big Five; BIS BAS; Eye movements; Eye tracking; Personality; Traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858007873     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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