Modeling human social vision with cinematic stimuli: An integrative approach
Severi Santavirta, Birgitta Paranko, Kerttu Seppälä, Jukka Hyönä, Lauri Nummenmaa · 2026
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Severi Santavirta and four co-authors model how people watch social scenes in films in a 2026 paper. Viewers constantly sample features from raw brightness up to the emotional tone of interactions. Over a hundred participants watched full films and clips while eye trackers recorded gaze position, pupil size, and blinking. Dozens of stimulus features were extracted, from motion and faces to pleasantness ratings.
Faces and eyes drew gaze above other content, and pupils answered brightness, scene cuts, and arousal. Blinking dropped during engaging stretches. The authors conclude social vision is steered mainly by raw and mid-level features, while high-level social signals act mostly through the pupil.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Severi Santavirta, Birgitta Paranko, Kerttu Seppälä, Jukka Hyönä, Lauri Nummenmaa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 87 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |