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Line Saether¹, Werner Van Belle, Bruno Laeng

¹University Library, Department of Psychology and Law, University of Tromsø, Norway. line.sether@uit.no

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Vision Science

Background:

Previous studies identified preferred eye fixation points (nose, eyes) for frontal face recognition.
Generalizability of these findings to other facial views and simpler tasks was unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if eye fixation patterns for face recognition generalize to different facial views.
To examine gaze strategies during a simpler perceptual task (sex categorization).

Main Methods:

An eye-tracking experiment was conducted.
Participants categorized the sex of faces presented in four different views.

Main Results:

A consistent gaze strategy was observed across all facial views, focusing on the infraorbital region.
This infraorbital region was fixated more during initial gaze than subsequent fixations.
Sex differences in gaze patterns emerged: males fixated lower and more centrally than females.

Conclusions:

The infraorbital region serves as a preferred gaze anchor for face sex categorization across various views.
Gaze strategies adapt to different facial perspectives, prioritizing specific facial areas for efficient processing.
Observed sex differences in gaze suggest distinct visual processing strategies between males and females during face perception.