The face of fear: Effects of eye gaze and emotion on visual attention.

We investigated whether a fearful expression enhances the effect of another's gaze in directing the attention of an observer. Participants viewed photographs of faces whose gaze was directed ahead, to the left or to the right. Target letters then appeared unpredictably to the left or right. As...

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Main Authors: Mathews, A, Fox, E, Yiend, J, Calder, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003