Given limitations in the amount of visual information that a person can simultaneously
process through to conscious perception, selective visual attention is necessary. Visual …

Humans tend to shift attention according to others' eye-gaze direction. This is a core ability
as it permits to create pervasive relationships among individuals and with the environment …

Buried in many people and operating largely outside the realm of conscious thought are
forces inclining us toward liberal or conservative political convictions. Our biology …

Gaze following occurs automatically in social interactions, but the degree to which gaze is
followed depends on whether an agent is perceived to have a mind, making its behavior …

Few people today would challenge the legitimacy of democracy as the form of government
most congenial to modern-day citizenship, as it requires its members to treat each other as …

Studies in human and non-human primates indicate that basic socio-cognitive operations
are inherently linked to the power of gaze in capturing reflexively the attention of an …

The gaze‐cueing effect is a robust phenomenon which illustrates how attention can be
shaped by social factors. In four experiments, the present study explored the interaction …

Explorations of political attitudes and ideologies have sought to explain where they come
from. They have been presumed to be rooted in processes of socialization; to be imposed by …

An attitude formation task examined how conservatives and liberals explore information
about novel stimuli and form attitudes towards them. When framed as the BeanFest game …

Political scientists have documented the many ways in which trust influences attitudes and
behaviors that are important for the legitimacy and stability of democratic political systems …