Why do we look at people's eyes?

We have previously shown that when observers are presented with complex natural scenes that contain a number of objects and people, observers look mostly at the eyes of the people. Why is this? It cannot be because eyes are merely the most salient area in a scene, as relative to other objects they a...

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Main Authors: Elina Birmingham, Walter F. Bischof, Alan Kingstone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bern Open Publishing 2007-09-01
Series:Journal of Eye Movement Research
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Online Access:https://bop.unibe.ch/JEMR/article/view/2231