Direct gaze captures visuospatial attention

• Published in: Visual cognition Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 127 - 144
• Main Authors: Senju, Atsushi, Hasegawa, Toshikazu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2005

This study investigated whether the direct gaze of others influences attentional disengagement from faces in an experimental situation. Participants were required to fixate on a centrally presented face with varying gaze directions and to detect the appearance of a peripheral target as quickly as po...