Interpersonal Multisensory Stimulation reduces the overwhelming distracting power of self-gaze: Psychophysical evidence for 'engazement'

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Porciello, Giuseppina ^a,b   Holmes, Brittany Serra ^a,b   Liuzza, Marco Tullio ^a,b   Crostella, Filippo ^a   Aglioti, Salvatore Maria ^a,b   Bufalari, Ilaria ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FACE; GAZE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; TACTILE STIMULATION; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; HUMAN RELATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; TOUCH;

BODY IMAGE; BRAIN; FACE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84944462656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06669     Document Type: Article

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