When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

The eyes are right when the mouth is wrong.

When describing visual scenes, speakers typically gaze at objects while preparing their names. In a study of the relation between eye movements and speech, a corpus of self-corrected speech errors was analyzed. If errors result from rushed word preparation, insufficient visual information, or failure to check prepared names against objects, speakers should spend less time gazing at referents be...

Smiling Faces are Better for Face Recognition

When the Eyes Fail

Happy heart, smiling eyes: A systematic review of positive mood effects on broadening of visuospatial attention.

Positive mood contributes to mental and physical wellbeing. The broaden-and-build theory (Fredrickson, 2001) proposed that the beneficial effects of positive mood on life quality result from attentional broadening. In this article, we systematically review (following PRISMA guidelines; Moher et al., 2009), a host of studies investigating the nature and extent of attentional changes triggered by...

"My Baby's Eyes Are Cloudy".