期刊
ATTENTION PERCEPTION & PSYCHOPHYSICS
卷 84, 期 1, 页码 64-75出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-021-02382-2
关键词
Social cognition; Attention capture; Direct gaze; Social cues; Face perception; Social interaction
资金
- Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research Foundation [BO 4962/1-1]
The study demonstrates that the phenomenon of attention capture by direct gaze is validated in naturalistic faces, but no corresponding effects were observed in other experiments. Therefore, a holistic and meaningful facial context is crucial for attention capture induced by direct gaze.
Human attention is strongly attracted by direct gaze and sudden onset motion. The sudden direct-gaze effect refers to the processing advantage for targets appearing on peripheral faces that suddenly establish eye contact. Here, we investigate the necessity of social information for attention capture by (sudden onset) ostensive cues. Six experiments involving 204 participants applied (1) naturalistic faces, (2) arrows, (3) schematic eyes, (4) naturalistic eyes, or schematic facial configurations (5) without or (6) with head turn to an attention-capture paradigm. Trials started with two stimuli oriented towards the observer and two stimuli pointing into the periphery. Simultaneous to target presentation, one direct stimulus changed to averted and one averted stimulus changed to direct, yielding a 2 x 2 factorial design with direction and motion cues being absent or present. We replicated the (sudden) direct-gaze effect for photographic faces, but found no corresponding effects in Experiments 2-6. Hence, a holistic and socially meaningful facial context seems vital for attention capture by direct gaze. Statement of significance The present study highlights the significance of context information for social attention. Our findings demonstrate that the direct-gaze effect, that is, the prioritization of direct gaze over averted gaze, critically relies on the presentation of a meaningful holistic and naturalistic facial context. This pattern of results is evidence in favor of early effects of surrounding social information on attention capture by direct gaze.
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