PSY274H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Charades, Human Eye, Sclera
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Starting points: notion of channels of communication. Appearance, clothes, bodily adornment: broader aspects of body language . Audiovisual integration in speech processing: hands. Standing features of interaction: appearance, clothes, bodily adornment. Aspects of body language : proxemics, haptics: parameters for the spacing between individuals or for rules governing touch. Degree to how much you need to be close to someone. Violations of comfort zone or personal space. Just as there"s rules for spacing, there"s also boundaries for touch: usually depend on cultural and social factors, although some individual level variations. Possible because of some characteristics of the human eye. Human eye: sclera surrounding pupil and iris lacks pigmentation; visible portion of eye is comparatively large for body size. Pigmented sclera; big body yet smaller eyes. Makes it easy to see where people are gazing because more of the eye is visible: upshot: only human eye gives easy information on where person is looking, cooperative eye hypothesis .
