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Everyone pays attention to the eyes when they are reading emotions. That's why eyes are called "the window to the soul."
by araneae 16y ago
Everyone pays attention to the eyes when they are reading emotions. That's why eyes are called "the window to the soul."
- jcl 16y agoNo, he's right. There is at least one eye-tracking study that shows that people from Asian cultures pay greater attention to the eyes when reading expressions. Relative to the Asians in the study, the Caucasians relied more on other parts of the face. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17605-human-facial-expressions-arent-universal.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17605-human-facial-exp... It's not clear whether it might be influencing different art styles, though.