Cone of direct gaze as a marker of social anxiety in males

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-198

  Jun, Yae Young ^a   Mareschal, Isabelle ^b,c   Clifford, Colin W G ^b   Dadds, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion; Eyes; Gaze perception; Gender; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONE OF DIRECT GAZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GENDER; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANISM OF GENDER EFFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EMOTION; EYES; GAZE PERCEPTION; GENDER; SOCIAL ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885862325     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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