Loneliness and the social monitoring system: Emotion recognition and eye gaze in a real-life conversation

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-153

  Lodder, Gerine M A ^a   Scholte, Ron H J ^a   Goossens, Luc ^b   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   Verhagen, Maaike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Emotion recognition; Interaction; Loneliness; Need to belong; Social

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; REACTION TIME; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953635822     PISSN: 00071269     EISSN: 20448295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjop.12131     Document Type: Article

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