interpreting thoughts from your gaze what children and apes read into the direction of gaze
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Interpreting thoughts Interpreting thoughts from your gazefrom your gaze
What children and apes What children and apes read into the direction of read into the direction of
gazegaze
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Why look at the eyes? Why look at the eyes? Why not look at feet or mouth?Why not look at feet or mouth?
Butterworth: By 18 Butterworth: By 18 months, infants are months, infants are highly proficient in highly proficient in tracking their tracking their mother’s direction mother’s direction of gaze.of gaze.
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Lobmaier et al (2006)Lobmaier et al (2006)Experimental PsychologyExperimental Psychology
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What are the benefits of being able to track gaze direction?
• 1. Social referencing. Source et al. (1985)
• 2. Language development: Baldwin (1994)
It’s a geewokker!
• 3. Understanding the mind behind the utterance: Robinson & Mitchell (1992)
It’s a wug
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Can chimps follow gaze?Can chimps follow gaze?Povinelli & Eddy (1996)Povinelli & Eddy (1996)
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Can children with autism interpret Can children with autism interpret gaze?gaze?
Baron-Cohen: The Baron-Cohen: The Eye Direction Eye Direction Detector as a brain Detector as a brain module that module that effectively is the effectively is the seat of our seat of our understanding of understanding of the mind.the mind.