Eye gaze cannot be ignored (but neither can arrows)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1895-1910

  Galfano, Giovanni ^a   Dalmaso, Mario ^a   Marzoli, Daniele ^a   Pavan, Giulia ^a   Coricelli, Carol ^a   Castelli, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arrows; Attention; Automaticity; Gaze; Spatial cueing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867228669     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.663765     Document Type: Article

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