Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition
In general, individuals look where they attend and next intend to act. Many animals, including our own species, use observed gaze as a deictic (pointing) cue to guide behavior. Among humans, these responses are reflexive and pervasive: they arise within a fraction of a second, act independently of...
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| description | In general, individuals look where they attend and next intend to act. Many animals, including our own species, use observed gaze as a deictic (pointing) cue to guide behavior. Among humans, these responses are reflexive and pervasive: they arise within a fraction of a second, act independently of task relevance, and appear to undergird our initial development of language and theory of mind. Human and nonhuman animals appear to share basic gaze-following behaviors, suggesting the foundations of human social cognition may also be present in nonhuman brains. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d368fac419eb450da62e8219e15244a32022-12-22T02:33:50ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience1662-51452010-03-01410.3389/fnint.2010.000051254Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognitionStephen V Shepherd0Princeton UniversityIn general, individuals look where they attend and next intend to act. Many animals, including our own species, use observed gaze as a deictic (pointing) cue to guide behavior. Among humans, these responses are reflexive and pervasive: they arise within a fraction of a second, act independently of task relevance, and appear to undergird our initial development of language and theory of mind. Human and nonhuman animals appear to share basic gaze-following behaviors, suggesting the foundations of human social cognition may also be present in nonhuman brains.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2010.00005/fullAttentionsocial attentionjoint attentionOrientingshared attentiontheory-of-mind |
| spellingShingle | Stephen V Shepherd Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience Attention social attention joint attention Orienting shared attention theory-of-mind |
| title | Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| title_full | Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| title_fullStr | Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| title_short | Following gaze: gaze-following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| title_sort | following gaze gaze following behavior as a window into social cognition |
| topic | Attention social attention joint attention Orienting shared attention theory-of-mind |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2010.00005/full |
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