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A Mike Burton¹, Markus Bindemann, Stephen R H Langton

¹Department of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. mike@psy.gla.ac.uk

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Gaze direction is hard to process when not the focus of attention. Unlike other facial cues, unattended gaze direction does not influence behavior, suggesting it

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Neuroscience
Visual Perception

Background:

Gaze direction is a salient social cue, typically capturing attention.
Understanding the limits of processing socially relevant information is crucial.
Previous research suggests gaze direction automatically directs attention.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate whether gaze direction is processed when unattended.
To determine if unattended gaze direction influences behavioral responses.
To compare the processing of unattended gaze with other facial and non-facial cues.

Main Methods:

Six experiments were conducted using directional judgment tasks (face/hand targets).
Distractor faces/hands with varying gaze/pointing directions were presented.
Congruency effects on target response times measured distractor processing.

Main Results:

Distractor hand pointing direction influenced response times (congruency effects).
Distractor gaze direction did not influence response times, even with larger distractors.
Profile heads and isolated eye regions also failed to produce congruency effects.

Conclusions:

Gaze direction is not processed when it is outside the focus of attention.
Unlike other facial cues, unattended gaze does not automatically influence behavior.
This challenges the notion that gaze direction is an obligatory attentional cue.