If you thought that animation technology began with the invention of the magic lantern in the 17th century or even, possibly, with flipbooks in the 15th – then think again. A 2017 paper from Anne Sullivan (University of California Riverside) suggests that it’s been around for many thousands of years – in the form of […]
Tag: gaze
‘Shoegazing’ – a definition
If you’re unsure of the derivation of the word ‘Shoegaze’ (as used to describe a musical genre) turn to page 13 of ‘Theater of jambands: Performance of resistance’ a dissertation presented to the Department of Theater Arts and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree […]
Why We Move Our Eyes While Trying to Remember?
Does this study seem familiar to you? Did you move your eyes while trying to remember? “Why do we move our eyes while trying to remember? The relationship between non-visual gaze patterns and memory,” Dragana Micic, Howard Ehrlichman and Rebecca Chen, Brain and Cognition, 2010 Dec;74(3):210-24. The authors, at City University of New York (CUNY), […]
Effect of Dogs’ Seeing on Owners’ Peeing
Does looking at the amount of oxytocin in dog owners’ pee as those owners respond to their dogs’ gaze affect the amount of oxytocin in the pee of the researchers looking at the owners responding to the dogs’ looking at them? That lengthy question is not addressed in this study: “Dog’s gaze at its owner […]