Journal of social sciences 36 Attention Capture by Faces, and Human Bodies Tarik N. Mohamed ( )* Esraa F. Shams )**( Abstract: Four Experiments were conducted to examine if bodies capture attention similar to faces. A visual search paradigm was adopted from Langeton et al. (2008) study. Faces and bodies were presented upright (Exp. la) or inverted (Exp 1b). Participants were instructed to respond to the presence of butterflies, while face or body stimuli presented as one of the distractors. In Experiments (2a &b) participants were instructed to respond to either face or body targets respectively, while butterfly presented as one of the distractors. Results showed that attentional capture phenomena not only related to faces but also extend to bodies, but this advantage was totally vanished when the target was present. Results of Experiment 2a & b show advantages of attentional capture of butterflies stimuli when face or body targets are absent. These findings showed that there are features in common between faces and bodies. Faces and bodies capture attention, and have a classification advantages. Key words: Keywords: Visual search paradigm, Face, Body, Attention Capture. Introduction Faces and human bodies attracted a large number of investigations and raised many discussions during the past decades. However, those stimuli are incredibly informative and a single glance provides much information about age, gender, ethnicity, and emotion. Researchers in the field of experimental psychology are interested in understanding separate and shared cognitive processes underlying face and body perception. However, Perception of the above mentioned stimuli may be fundamentally different from the perception of inanimate objects such as buildings and furniture (e.g., Leder & Bruce, 2000; Maurer, Le Grand, & Mondloch, 2002). Prior studies showed that faces and bodies may be carrying a lot of information that facilitate social communication between humans (Haxby, )*( Department of Psychology, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt )**( Tadwai Medical Center, Doha, Qatar Ｚ ﺍﻟﻌﻨﻮﺍﻥａｴｴ･ｮｴｩｯｮ＠ｃ｡ｰｴｵｲ･＠｢ｹ＠ｆ｡｣･ｳＬ＠｡ｮ､＠ｈｵｭ｡ｮ＠ｂｯ､ｩ･ｳ Ｚ ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺪﺭﺍﻟﻜﻮﻳﺖＭ＠ ﻣﺠﻠﺔ＠ﺍﻟﻌﻠﻮﻡ＠ﺍﻻﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻴﺔ Ｚ ﺍﻟﻤؤﻟﻒ＠ﺍﻟﺮﺋﻴﺴﻲｍｯｨ｡ｭ･､Ｌ＠ｔ｡ｲｩｫ＠ｎＮ Ｚ ﻣؤﻟﻔﻴﻦ＠ﺁﺧﺮﻳﻦｓｨ｡ｭｳＬ＠ｅｳｲ｡｡＠ｆＮＨｃｯＭａｵｴｨＮＩ ＺﺍﻟﻌﺪﺩＯ ﺍﻟﻤﺠﻠﺪＴ＠ﻉＬＴＳ ﻣﺞ Ｚ ﻣﺤﻜﻤﺔ ﻧﻌﻢ Ｚ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺭﻳﺦ＠ﺍﻟﻤﻴﻼﺩﻱＲＰＱＵ Ｚ ﺍﻟﺼﻔﺤﺎﺕＳＶ＠Ｍ＠ＵＵ Ｚｍｄ＠ ﺭﻗﻢＷＶＳＱＵＶ Ｚ ﻧﻮﻉ＠ﺍﻟﻤﺤﺘﻮﻯ ﺑﺤﻮﺙ＠ﻭﻣﻘﺎﻻﺕ Ｚ ﻗﻮﺍﻋﺪ＠ﺍﻟﻤﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎﺕｅ､ｵｓ･｡ｲ｣ｨ Ｚ ﻣﻮﺍﺿﻴﻊ ﺍﻹﺩﺭﺍﻙ＠ﺍﻟﺒﺼﺮﻱ Ｚ ﺭﺍﺑﻂｨｴｴｰＺＯＯｳ･｡ｲ｣ｨＮｭ｡ｮ､ｵｭ｡ｨＮ｣ｯｭＯｒ･｣ｯｲ､ＯＷＶＳＱＵＶ Ｎ＠ﺟﻤﻴﻊ＠ﺍﻟﺤﻘﻮﻕ＠ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔＮ＠ﺩﺍﺭ＠ﺍﻟﻤﻨﻈﻮﻣﺔＲＰＱＶ＠ﾩ ﻳﻤﻜﻨﻚ ﺗﺤﻤﻴﻞ ﺃﻭ ﻃﺒﺎﻋﺔ ﻫﺬﻩ ﺍﻟﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﻟﻼﺳﺘﺨﺪﺍﻡＮ ﻫﺬﻩ ﺍﻟﻤﺎﺩﺓ ﻣﺘﺎﺣﺔ ﺑﻨﺎﺀ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻹﺗﻔﺎﻕ ﺍﻟﻤﻮﻗﻊ ﻣﻊ ﺃﺻﺤﺎﺏ ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﺍﻟﻨﺸﺮ، ﻋﻠﻤﺎ ﺃﻥ ﺟﻤﻴﻊ ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﺍﻟﻨﺸﺮ ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﺩﻭﻥ ﺗﺼﺮﻳﺢ ﺧﻄﻲ ﻣﻦ ﺃﺻﺤﺎﺏ ﺣﻘﻮﻕ ﺍﻟﻨﺸﺮ ﺃﻭ ﺩﺍﺭＨﻣﺜﻞ ﻣﻮﺍﻗﻊ ﺍﻻﻧﺘﺮﻧﺖ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﺒﺮﻳﺪ ﺍﻻﻟﻜﺘﺮﻭﻧﻲＩ ﺍﻟﺸﺨﺼﻲ ﻓﻘﻂ، ﻭﻳﻤﻨﻊ ﺍﻟﻨﺴﺦ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﺘﺤﻮﻳﻞ ﺃﻭ ﺍﻟﻨﺸﺮ ﻋﺒﺮ ﺃﻱ ﻭﺳﻴﻠﺔ Ｎ ﺍﻟﻤﻨﻈﻮﻣﺔ