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Consistent left gaze bias in processing different facial cues.

Kun Guo¹, Claire Smith, Kathryn Powell

¹School of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, LN6 7TS, UK. kguo@lincoln.ac.uk

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Humans show a consistent left gaze bias when viewing faces, directing their initial and overall attention to the right side of the face. This automatic pattern in face exploration is independent of specific viewing tasks or facial cues.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Neuroscience
Visual Perception
Human Psychology

Background:

Human face viewing exhibits a left visual field gaze bias, focusing on the right hemiface.
The relationship between this gaze asymmetry and perceptual processing of facial cues remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the influence of different task instructions on the left gaze bias during face exploration.
To determine if gaze asymmetry correlates with the perceptual processing of specific facial information.

Main Methods:

Recorded participants' saccadic eye movements while they viewed face images.
Employed varied task instructions: free viewing, judging familiarity, and judging facial expression.

Main Results:

A consistent left gaze bias was observed across all participants and viewing conditions.
The left gaze bias remained statistically indistinguishable regardless of task demands or facial expressions presented.

Conclusions:

The left gaze bias in face viewing appears to be an automatic process.
This bias is likely linked to hemispheric lateralization in face processing, not specific perceptual tasks.