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Victor P. L. Varela

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Naturalistic face-directed attention predicts face recognition ability

David White, Victor P. L. Varela, Monique Piggott, James D. Dunn, Sébastien Miellet, Alice Towler, Bojana Popovic

This study shows that naturalistic face-directed attention predicts face recognition ability, with gaze patterns accounting for 22% of the variance in recognition performance.

bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition