It's always heartwarming to see my hobby world and research world (experimental psychology) inform each other. Such was the case with
the talented Julian Levy, who used monsters and characters from D&D to test whether people's tendency to fixate on eyes is due to the attention-drawing powers of the eye no matter where it appears, or just a tendency to fixate on the head. A
first-authored scientific paper at age 14? Not bad! (free access to paper until 30 November 2012)
I have my doubts, though, about whether the eyes are really the most
attention-grabbing part of the body (pdf). Perhaps fantasy game art can come to the rescue again? Clearly further research is needed.
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| "Do I have to cast this GLOWING OWL FACE to get you to look up here?" |
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