Investigating the "deceiver stereotype": Do older adults associate averted gaze with deception?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-183

  Slessor, Gillian ^a   Phillips, Louise H ^a   Bull, Rebecca ^a   Venturini, Cristina ^b   Bonny, Emily J ^a   Rokaszewicz, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Deception; Eye Gaze

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859209162     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr087     Document Type: Article

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