Watch out! Directional threat-related postures cue attention and the eyes

Previous work indicates that threatening facial expressions with averted eye gaze can act as a signal of imminent danger, enhancing attentional orienting in the gazed-at direction. However, this threat-related gaze-cueing effect is only present in individuals reporting high levels of anxiety. The pr...

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Published in:	Cognition and emotion Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 561 - 569
Main Authors:	Azarian, Bobby, Esser, Elizabeth G., Peterson, Matthew S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Routledge 02-04-2016 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Anger Anger - physiology Anxiety Anxiety - physiopathology Anxiety - psychology Attention Attention - physiology Cues Eye movements Eye Movements - physiology Eye tracking Facial Expression Facial expressions Fear - physiology Fear - psychology Female Humans Male Orienting Posture - physiology Postures Threat Threats Young Adult Postures Eye movements Orienting Attention Threat
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