News tagged with direct 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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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 ...
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 ...
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).
It takes nerves for flies to keep a level head
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Jul 22, 2008 |
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The nerve connections that keep a fly's gaze stable during complex aerial manoeuvres, enabling it to respond quickly to obstacles in its flight path, are revealed in new detail in research published today ...
Rhesus macaque moms 'go gaga' for baby, too
Oct 08, 2009 |
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The intense exchanges that human mothers share with their newborn infants may have some pretty deep roots, suggests a study of rhesus macaques reported online on October 8th in Current Biology.
Watching me, watching you
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...
New Wi-Fi technology to let gadgets talk directly
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Starting in mid-2010, new versions of gadgets like cameras, cell phones and computers will be able to talk to each other using Wi-Fi without needing to connect to a wireless network first.
Babies see it coming
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Sep 24, 2009 |
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Do infants only start to crawl once they are physically able to see danger coming? Or is it that because they are more mobile, they develop the ability to sense looming danger? According to Ruud van der Weel and Audrey van ...
Sound adds speed to visual perception
Aug 12, 2008 |
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The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli—i.e., one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeing—has been thrown into doubt in recent years. A new ...
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