Is there a 'zone of eye contact' within the borders of the face?
Eye contact is a salient feature of everyday interactions, yet it is not obvious what the physical conditions are under which we feel that we have eye contact with another person. Here we measure the range of locations that gaze can fall on a person's face to elicit a sense of eye contact. Participa...
| Publicado en: | Cognition Vol. 220 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar2022
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