News tagged with eye gaze


Bird can 'read' human gaze

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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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Knowing looks: Using gaze aversion to tell when children are learning

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

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 ...


A direct gaze enhances face perception

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

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 ...


Infants participate in complex interactions with their parents

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...


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Birds can tell if you are watching them -- because they are watching you

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created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (29) | comments 1

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.


The ghostly gaze of science

The ghostly gaze of science

Other Sciences / Other

created May 28, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (18) | comments 4

An award-winning visual illusion developed by university psychologists will be shown as part of this year’s Glasgow Science Festival on 15 June.


Why does the world appear stable while our eyes move?

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created Feb 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (22) | comments 1

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 ...


Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities

Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft to people with severe motor disabilities.


Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities

Eye-tracking software opens online worlds to people with disabilities (w/ Video)

Technology / Software

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology that allows gamers to control game functions with only their eyes is helping to open virtual worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft to people with severe motor disabilities.


Psychologists reveal the secret of successful wooing

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 13, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of Sussex study shows that,without being consciously aware, we change our judgment of a person's attractiveness based on what they do, not their physical characteristics.


Here's looking at you, fellow!

Here's looking at you, fellow!

Biology / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Already Charles Darwin investigated facial expressions of monkeys in order to find out how closely related humans and monkeys really are. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological ...



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