Hyper-volume of eye-contact perception and social anxiety traits

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 167-173

  Honma, Motoyasu ^a,b  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye contact perception; Pupil dilation; Social anxiety trait; Spatial range

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EYE CONTACT PERCEPTION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PUPIL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84872194517     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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