Windows to the soul: Children and adults see the eyes as the location of the self

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 313-318

  Starmans, Christina ^a   Bloom, Paul ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Mind perception; Self; Soul

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EYE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STOMACH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858620340     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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