approach and averted eye gaze signaling avoidance. In the current work, we proposed that
eye gaze signals whether or not to impute minds into others. Across four studies, we
manipulated targets' eye gaze (ie, direct vs. averted eye gaze) and measured explicit mind
ascriptions (Study 1a, Study 1b, and Study 2) and beliefs about the likelihood of targets
having mind (Study 3). In all four studies, we find novel evidence that the ascription of …