A look into the ballot box: Gaze following conveys information about implicit attitudes toward politicians

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-216

  Liuzza, Marco Tullio ^a,b   Vecchione, Michele ^a   Dentale, Francesco ^c   Crostella, Filippo ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^a   Caprara, Gian Vittorio ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore Maria ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embodied social cognition; Gaze following; Implicit measures; Status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873112134     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.754909     Document Type: Article

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