Natural gaze signaling in a social context

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-218

  Wu, David W L ^a   Bischof, Walter F ^b   Kingstone, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cuing; Eye morphology; Gaze; Signaling; Social attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897963551     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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