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The phrase "and prefer looking" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a preference for observing or viewing something rather than engaging in another activity.
Example: "I enjoy reading, but I and prefer looking at the illustrations in the book."
Alternatives: "and like to watch" or "and choose to see".
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Newborn infants are already sensitive to the gaze of others and prefer looking at the photograph of a face with eyes open versus closed [49].
In a general manner, newborns recognize and prefer looking at someone who has engaged them in a social interaction by talking to and looking at them simultaneously.
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People have little direct experience of the species and prefer looks over personality.
She does not enjoy kissing Jared, however, and prefers looking at her fellow cheerleaders.
I was aware of dreams, and preferred looking up at the stars at night.
For example, we are expertly tuned to recognize human faces and their expressions (Rhodes, Byatt, Michie, & Puce, 2004; Tsao, Freiwald, Tootell, & Livingstone, 2006), and we prefer looking at photographic faces over other stimuli (Chien, 2011).
Though this phone hasn't been announced officially, it's been listed as passed via the FCC, and it's got spy pics on the web that are more scandalous than Lindsay Lohan looking trashy on a beach, and really, we'd prefer looking at the phone.
"I prefer looking at something original.
I prefer looking at art by myself.
I've realised I prefer looking after people to cooking for them.
They also prefer looking at a photograph of a face with direct versus averted gaze [50].
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