Influence of gaze observation on random number generation

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-130

  Grade, Stéphane ^a   Lefèvre, Nathalie ^a   Pesenti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention shift; Gaze observation; Number magnitude; Random number generation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877003214     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000178     Document Type: Article

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