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Matthias Reik

Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research

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Rhesus monkeys use both eye and head gaze to reallocate covert spatial attention facilitating visual perception

Masih Shafiei, Matthias Reik, Marius Görner, Nick Taubert, Martin A. Giese, Peter Thier

This study shows rhesus monkeys can use eye gaze to direct attention, but only when gaze is combined with head movement or when the stimulus is close, suggesting eye gaze is not uniquely human.

Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience · Mar 25, 2026Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition