During social interactions, people's eyes convey a wealth of information about their direction
of attention and their emotional and mental states. This review aims to provide a …

Gaze direction signals another person's focus of interest. Facial expressions convey
information about their mental state. Appropriate responses to these signals should reflect …

When we see another person look somewhere, we automatically attend to the same location
in space. This joint attention emerges early in life and has a great impact on social …

When presented with a face stimulus whose gaze is diverted, observers' attention shifts to
locations fixated by the face. Such “gaze following” has been characterized by some …

Abstract Theory of mind is said to be possessed by an individual if he or she is able to
impute mental states to others. Recently, some authors have demonstrated that such mental …

This paper reviews recent aspects of my research. It focuses, first, on the idea that during the
perception of objects and people, action-based representations are automatically activated …

A wide range of studies have generally found that humans appreciate certain characteristics
of natural habitats, in particular the presence of other living vertebrates. This “biophilia” may …

In this chapter, we report an investigation the influence of the saliency of another person's
direction of gaze on an observer's eye movements through real-world scenes. Participants' …

Eye gaze is an important and widely studied non-verbal resource in co-located social
interaction. When we attempt to support tele-presence between people, there are two main …

The interpretation of another person's eye gaze is a key element of social cognition.
Previous research has established that this ability develops early in life and is influenced by …