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ArticleNeuropsychologia2022

Head turning is an effective cue for gaze following: Evidence from newly sighted individuals, school children and adults.

Paula Rubio-Fernandez, Vishakha Shukla, Vrinda Bhatia, Shlomit Ben-Ami, Pawan Sinha

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Article in Neuropsychologia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Project Prakash: Merging Basic Science and Societal Service in Vision Research.Policy insights from the behavioral and brain sciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Paula Rubio-FernandezUniversity of Oslo, Norway; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Electronic address: paula.rubio-fernandez@ifikk.uio.no.
Vishakha ShuklaNew York University, USA.
Vrinda BhatiaJawaharlal Nehru University, India.
Shlomit Ben-AmiMassachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Pawan SinhaMassachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
Jawaharlal Nehru University · INMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USNew York University · USTel Aviv University · ILUniversity Graduate Center · NO

Funding

Project Prakash: Development of Object Perception After Late Sight OnsetR01EY020517 · NEI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SINHA, PAWAN · 2011 to 2025
$8.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020517
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In referential communication, gaze is often interpreted as a social cue that facilitates comprehension and enables word learning. Here we investigated the degree to which head turning facilitates gaze following. We presented participants with static pictures of a man looking at a target object in a first and third block of trials (pre- and post-intervention), while they saw short videos of the same man turning towards the target in the second block of trials (intervention). In Experiment 1, newly sighted individuals (treated for congenital cataracts; N = 8) benefited from the motion cues, both when comparing their initial performance with static gaze cues to their performance with dynamic head turning, and their performance with static cues before and after the videos. In Experiment 2, neurotypical school children (ages 5-10 years; N = 90) and adults (N = 30) also revealed improved performance with motion cues, although most participants had started to follow the static gaze cues before they saw the videos. Our results confirm that head turning is an effective social cue when interpreting new words, offering new insights for a pathways approach to development.

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CuesFixation, OcularAdultAttentionChildChild, PreschoolComprehensionHumansMaleVerbal LearningCongenital cataractsDevelopmental pathwaysGaze followingMotion cuesReferential intentTheory of mind

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