Affective evaluations of objects are influenced by observed gaze direction and emotional expression

被引：175

作者：

Bayliss, Andrew P. ^{[1
]}

Frischen, Alexandra

Fenske, Mark J.

Tipper, Steven P.

机构：

[1] Univ Wales, Sch Psychol, Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales

[2] York Univ, Dept Psychol, Toronto, ON M3J 2R7, Canada

[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, MGH Martinos Ctr Biomed Imaging, Charlestown, MA USA

来源：

COGNITION | 2007年 / 104卷 / 03期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

attention; emotion; social gaze;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cognition.2006.07.012

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Gaze direction signals another person's focus of interest. Facial expressions convey information about their mental state. Appropriate responses to these signals should reflect their combined influence, yet current evidence suggests that gaze-cueing effects for objects near an observed face are not modulated by its emotional expression. Here, we extend the investigation of perceived gaze direction and emotional expression by considering their combined influence on affective judgments. While traditional response-time measures revealed equal gaze-cueing effects for happy and disgust faces, affective evaluations critically depended on the combined product of gaze and emotion. Target objects looked at with a happy expression were liked more than objects looked at with a disgust expression. Objects not looked at were rated equally for both expressions. Our results demonstrate that facial expression does modulate the way that observers utilize gaze cues: Objects attended by others are evaluated according to the valence of their facial expression. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：644 / 653

页数：10

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