There is more to eye contact than meets the eye

被引：98

作者：

Myllyneva, Aki ^{[1
]}

Hietanen, Jari K. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tampere, Sch Social Sci & Humanities, Human Informat Proc Lab, FIN-33014 Tampere, Finland

来源：

COGNITION | 2015年 / 134卷

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

Gaze direction; Mental attributions; Psychophysiology; Eye contact; AVERTED GAZE; ATTENTION; PICTURE; FACE; MECHANISMS; RESPONSES; DIRECTION; AROUSAL; OTHERS; MINDS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cognition.2014.09.011

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Recent studies have shown enhanced brain and autonomic responses to seeing a face with a direct gaze. Interestingly, greater responses to eye contact vs. averted gaze have been observed when showing "live" faces as stimuli but not when showing pictures of faces on a computer screen. In this study, we provide unequivocal evidence that the differential responses observed in the "live" condition are dependent on the observer's mental attributions. Results from two experiments showed that eye contact resulted in greater autonomic and brain responses compared to averted gaze if a participant believed that the stimulus person sitting on the other side of an electronic shutter was able to see him or her through the shutter. Gaze direction had no effects if participants believed that the transparency from their side was blocked. The results suggest that mental attributions exert a powerful modulation on the processing of socially relevant sensory information. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：100 / 109

页数：10

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