Stare-in-the-crowd effect evolved from a necessity for fast and accurate gaze perception for complex social interactions (Emery 2000). According to this model, an eye direction detector (EDD) mechanism - a neurocognitive system responsible for the rapid detection of eyes in the environment and their gaze direction – arose as a function of the geometry created by a dark circular iris relative to the white sclera (Baron-Cohen 1994). Specifically, it is contended that the increased ratio of exposed sclera in the eye outline of humans serves to enhance the velocity and acuity of gaze direction perception (Kobayashi and Kohshima 2001). Baron-Cohen, S. (1994)
The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans The Mind's Eye is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It is a three-part story written by Colin Brake and was released alongside a one-part story, "Mission of the Viyrans". The Doctor, Erimem and Peri have gone their separate ways. The Doctor is wandering on a nameless paradise planet filled with murderous primates (but only at night) and carnivorous plants. Erimem is the Queen of a space colony empire, New Cairo, and is suffering a rebellion, while Peri's stepson and new