Foulsham, Tom and Kingstone, Alan (2025) Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29 (7). pp. 597-599. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.001
Foulsham, Tom and Kingstone, Alan (2025) Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29 (7). pp. 597-599. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.001
Foulsham, Tom and Kingstone, Alan (2025) Covert orienting: the dark matter of social attention. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 29 (7). pp. 597-599. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.001
Abstract
Covert visual attention is often seen as a lab phenomenon. Yet, in real-life, people routinely shift their attention to others without moving their eyes, a fact overlooked in most research. To truly understand natural behaviour, we must look beyond the eyes and illuminate this dark matter of social attention.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Attention; Humans; Social Behavior; Social Perception; Visual Perception |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
| SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2025 20:27 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2025 20:27 |
| URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/41904 |
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