Visual attention and the acquisition of information in human crowds

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 7245-7250

  Gallup, Andrew C ^a   Hale, Joseph J ^b   Sumpter, David J T ^c   Garnier, Simon ^a   Kacelnik, Alex ^b   Krebs, John R ^b   Couzin, Iain D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavioral contagion; Joint visual attention; Social influence; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CROWDING; FEMALE; GAZE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WALKING SPEED;

ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; CITIES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84860806860     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1116141109     Document Type: Article

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