“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
hamidram@yorku.ca

Category: Circuits for Social Interactions

The role of the pSTS in gaze following and joint attention

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…
Read more

Loading