Eye movements in pedophiles: Automatic and controlled attentional processes while viewing prepubescent stimuli

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 587-599

  Fromberger, Peter ^a   Jordan, Kirsten ^a   Steinkrauss, Henrike ^a   von Herder, Jakob ^a   Stolpmann, Georg ^a   Kröner Herwig, Birgit ^a   Müller, Jürgen Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic; Eye movements; Initial orienting; Pedophilia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTRY TIME; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDOPHILIA; RELATIVE FIXATION TIME; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84878520171     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030659     Document Type: Article

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