Classical views hold that a few oculomotor structures such as frontal eye field (FEF), superior colliculus (SC), and lateral intraparietal area (LIP) guide visual attention by representing priority maps, a combination of object saliency and top-down relevance signals. A series of very recent studies1–10 emphasized the role of a few specialized temporal cortex structures such…
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In humans, eye gaze of another person is a powerful stimulus, drawing the observer’s attention precisely to places and objects of interest to the other one. Monkeys also follow gaze, but rather than using eye-gaze, they rely more on peer head orientation to shift attention. Are the human and the monkey gaze following systems functionally…
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