Gaze-fixation and pupil dilation in the processing of emotional faces: The role of rumination

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1347-1366

  Duque, Almudena ^a   Sanchez, Alvaro ^a   Vazquez, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotional information processing; Pupil dilation; Rumination; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BOOTSTRAPPING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT MONITOR; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; GAZE FIXATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; PUPIL DILATION; RUMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; PUPIL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907385916     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2014.881327     Document Type: Article

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