Eye movements to audiovisual scenes reveal expectations of a just world

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-40

  Callan, Mitchell J ^a   Ferguson, Heather J ^b   Bindemann, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief in a just world; Eye movements; Just world schema; Moral behavior; Visual world paradigm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHARACTER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHARACTER; CULTURE; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880963262     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028261     Document Type: Article

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