Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes
(2019)
Journal Article
Thompson, S. J., Foulsham, T., Leekam, S. R., & Jones, C. R. (2019). Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes. Acta Psychologica, 193, 229-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.01.006
The eyes are preferentially attended over other facial features and recent evidence suggests this bias is difficult to suppress. To further examine the automatic and volitional nature of this bias for eye information, we used a novel prompting face r... Read More about Attention to the face is characterised by a difficult to inhibit first fixation to the eyes.