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On gaze vs attention, autism-relevant, free www.cell.com/trends/cogni... "in live situations, where the eyes signal information, people may naturally avert their gaze while covertly tracking others... with the eyes effectively sending a false signal as to where attention is directed"

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Tom Foulsham, Alan Kingstone (2025). Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29(7), 597-599. Elsevier BV.

Publication date
July 2025
Identifier
10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.001
Authors
Tom Foulsham, Alan Kingstone
Source
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Details
29(7), 597-599
Reference type
article
Publisher
Elsevier BV
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crossref

Abstract

Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked in most research. To truly understand natural behaviour, we must look beyond the eyes and illuminate this dark matter of social attention.

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