Looking at faces shapes our view of objects

An article by the public broadcaster MDR refers to research by Benjamin de Haas and Maximilian Broda on "The language of our eyes".

In their research, they looked at faces on the one hand and rigid objects such as neon signs or beverage cans on the other. The subsequent analysis of 1.8 million eye movements revealed a surprising correlation: people who looked into the eyes of faces also focused on higher areas of objects. People who looked at the mouths of faces also looked at the lower areas of objects first. 

The full article can be found here.