Love Is in the Gaze: An Eye-Tracking Study of Love and Sexual Desire

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1748-1756

  Bolmont, Mylene ^a   Cacioppo, John T ^b,c,d   Cacioppo, Stephanie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

eye tracking; intentions; interpersonal relationships; love; open data; open materials; sexual desire; social neuroscience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908111678     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614539706     Document Type: Article

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