Visual attention is a process that involves concentrating on select features, such as sensory
cues, within the complex environment. Sensory cues within the visual field capture and …

Direct eye contact and motion onset are two powerful cues that capture attention. In the
present study, we combined direct gaze with the sudden onset of motion to determine …

Previous research using averted (eg, leftward or rightward) gaze indicates that gaze
perception requires a focus of attention. However, direct gaze, compared with averted gaze …

The onset of new motion has been shown to be a very robust cause of attentional capture,
generating a processing advantage for the location of motion onset regardless of the …

Competing theories attempt to explain what guides eye movements when exploring natural
scenes: bottom-up image salience and top-down semantic salience. In one study, we apply …

During visual exploration of a scene, the eye-gaze tends to be directed toward more salient
image-locations, containing more information. However, while performing non-visual tasks …

Visual attention automatically shifts in the direction of another person's gaze shift. However,
this gaze cueing effect has been tested only in static situations. In the present study, we …

Gaze is a powerful cue for directing attention. We investigate the interpretation of an abstract
figure as gaze modulates its efficacy as an attentional cue. In each trial, two vertical lines on …

Task influence has long been known to play a major role in the way our eyes scan a scene.
Yet most studies focus either on visual search or on sequences of active tasks in complex …

Eye contact plays an important role in social interaction and can capture and hold attention.
However, it is unclear whether and how objects that can also guide attentional allocation …