News tagged with averted gaze
A direct gaze enhances face perception
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Gaze direction is significant for the processing of visual information from the human face. Researchers in an Academy of Finland funded research project have discovered that the visual system of the brain processes another ...
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A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2007 |
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When we have a conversation with someone, we not only hear what they say, we see what they say. Eyes can smolder or twinkle. Gazes can be direct or shifty. “Reading” these facial expressions gives context and meaning to the ...
Knowing looks: Using gaze aversion to tell when children are learning
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2008 |
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People use eye contact in a variety of ways every minute of every day but how often do you find yourself staring into space with concentrating on an issue or problem? Psychologists now know that people who are carrying out ...
Direct gaze makes you more attractive
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 07, 2007 |
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Looking directly at someone makes you more attractive to them according to research published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, today (Wednesday 7 November, 2007).
The ghostly gaze of science
May 28, 2008 |
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An award-winning visual illusion developed by university psychologists will be shown as part of this year’s Glasgow Science Festival on 15 June.
What are you looking at?
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do we look when another person looks? Are we looking for objects of interest or perhaps a warning of impending danger? Or are we just plain nosey? Human tendency to follow another person's ...
Infants participate in complex interactions with their parents
Dec 03, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Family Process shows that infants appear to be active participants in complex interactional sequences with their parents far earlier than previously thought. Researchers documented the capacity of thr ...
In 'reading' a gaze, what we believe changes what we see
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Jun 25, 2009 |
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In primates including ourselves, the ability to register where others are looking is key in social circles. And, according to a new report published online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the wa ...
Birds can tell if you are watching them -- because they are watching you
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Apr 30, 2008 |
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In humans, the eyes are said to be the ‘window to the soul’, conveying much about a person’s emotions and intentions. New research demonstrates for the first time that birds also respond to a human’s gaze.
Why does the world appear stable while our eyes move?
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Feb 15, 2008 |
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Whenever we shift our gaze, attention is directed to a new target. This shift in attention causes a brief compression of visual space, according to a study published February 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Bi ...
Bird can 'read' human gaze
Apr 02, 2009 |
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We all know that people sometimes change their behavior when someone is looking their way. Now, a new study reported online on April 2nd in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, shows that jackdaws—birds related to cro ...
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