“…Clinical reports of individuals with SAD furthermore emphasize an avoidance of other people's gaze (Schneier, Rodebaugh, Blanco, Lewin, & Liebowitz, ). This specific effect, however, could not be robustly replicated in laboratory settings, with some studies reporting reduced (Moukheiber et al ., ; Weeks, Howell, & Goldin, ), but other studies reporting heightened amounts of fixation on faces or eyes in social phobic adults and shy children (Boll, Bartholomaeus, Peter, Lupke, & Gamer, ; Brunet, Heisz, Mondloch, Shore, & Schmidt, ; Wieser, Pauli, Alpers, & Mühlberger, ).…”