The mind's eye scans like a spotlight

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 11:35 in Mathematics & Economics

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- You're meeting a friend in a crowded cafeteria. Do your eyes scan the room like a roving spotlight, moving from face to face, or do you take in the whole scene, hoping that your friend's face will pop out at you? And what, for that matter, determines how fast you can scan the room?

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