The effect of body orientation on judgments of human visual attention in western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-90

  Bania, Amanda E ^a   Stromberg, Erin E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye gaze; Gorilla; Perspective taking; Theory of mind; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GORILLA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; EYE; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GORILLA GORILLA; JUDGMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84877807255     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027261     Document Type: Article

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