Sexual Objectification Influences Visual Perception
According to researchers, when people are sexually objectified, others visually process them in the same manner that they would an inanimate object.... Read More...
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Babies Make the Link Between Vocal and Facial Emotion
Babies as young as six months of age are able to transfer emotional information from the auditory to visual mode, researchers report.... Read More...
Study Reveals Vision’s Role in Vowel Perception
Researchers report the motion and configuration of a speaker's lips are key when it comes to others being able to distinguish between vowels in speech.... Read More...
Can’t Get an Image Out of Your Head? Your Eyes Are Helping to Keep it There
A new study reveals the brain utilizes eye movements to help recall vivid memories of past experiences.... Read More...
Reduced Attention to Audiovisual Synchrony in Infancy Predicts Autism Diagnosis
Infants who pay little attention to synchronous sights and sounds could have an elevated risk of being diagnosed with autism, researchers report.... Read More...
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beer Holder
A new eye tracking study reveals intoxicated men spend less time examining women's faces compared to their sober counterparts, and spend more time looking at 'sexual' body parts.... Read More...
Graspable Objects Grab Attention More Than Images of Objects Do
3D images that appear graspable grab more attention that traditional 2D images, researchers report.... Read More...
Early Stages of Dementia Reduce Human Face Memorization Ability
Kumamoto University researchers reveal people with MCI have a harder time memorizing human faces that their aging peers without the disorder. Additionally, researchers note, those with mild cognitive impairment express different gaze behavior while trying to memorize a face. ... Read More...
Car, Stroller, Juice: Babies Understand When Words Are Related
An eye tracking study reveals babies as young as 6 months can recognize the meaning of some words.... Read More...
Genetics Affect Where Children Look
A new Current Biology study reveals there appears to be a strong genetic component to how people visually explore their environments.... Read More...
How We Determine Who’s To Blame
A new eye tracking study reveals how we unconsciously use counterfactual simulation to imagine how situations may have occurred differently.... Read More...
In Plain Sight: Study Compares Performance of Humans Versus Neural Networks in Visual Searches
Researchers report humans often miss objects in plain sight, especially if the size is inconsistent with the rest of the scene.... Read More...