Gender and visibility of sexual cues influence eye movements while viewing faces and bodies

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1439-1451

  Nummenmaa, Lauri ^a,b   Hietanen, Jari K ^c   Santtila, Pekka ^d   Hyönä, Jukka ^e  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TURKU PET CENTRE   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body; Eye movements; Mate choice; Nudity; Sexuality; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ART; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; VISION;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876475243     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9911-0     Document Type: Article

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