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Topic: mobile eye tracking

Seminar
1 seminar

In Cognition and Cognitive Psychology

Seminar · Cognition

From controlled environments to complex realities: Exploring the interplay between perceived minds and attention

Alan Kingstone · University of British Columbia

Thu, Oct 12, 2023 · 12:00 UTC

In our daily lives, we perceive things as possessing a mind (e.g., people) or lacking one (e.g., shoes). Intriguingly, how much mind we attribute to people can vary, with real people perceived to have more mind than depictions of individuals, such as photographs. Drawing from a range of research methodologies, including naturalistic observation, mobile eye tracking, and surreptitious behavior monitoring, I discuss how various shades of mind influence human attention and behaviour. The findings suggest the novel concept that overt attention (where one looks) in real-life is fundamentally suppor