Gaze leading: Initiating simulated joint attention influences eye movements and choice behavior

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-92

  Bayliss, Andrew P ^a   Murphy, Emily ^b   Naughtin, Claire K ^b   Kritikos, Ada ^b   Schilbach, Leonhard ^c,d   Becker, Stefanie I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Gaze perception; Joint attention; Preferences; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880952584     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029286     Document Type: Article

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