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Face Recognition: Nurture Not Nature, ScienceDaily
 









Excerpts: (...) said: "In a series of eye-movement studies, we showed that
social experience has an impact on how people look at faces. Specifically we
noticed a striking difference in eye movements in Westerners and East Asian
observers. We found that Westerners tend to look at specific features on an
individual's face such as the eyes and mouth whereas East Asian observers tend
to focus on the nose or the centre of the face which allows a more general view
of all the features. One possible cause of this could be that direct or
excessive eye contact may be considered rude in East Asian cultures." (...)
Source: Face Recognition: Nurture Not Nature[
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080819213027.htm ], ScienceDaily
& Public Library of Science, 2008/08/22
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