Cultural Background Modulates How We Look at Other Persons' Gaze

Autor/inn/en	Senju, Atsushi; Vernetti, Angelina; Kikuchi, Yukiko; Akechi, Hironori; Hasegawa, Toshikazu; Johnson, Mark H.
Titel	Cultural Background Modulates How We Look at Other Persons' Gaze
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 2, S.131-136 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025412465360
Schlagwörter	Cultural Background; Eye Movements; Foreign Countries; Adults; Human Body; Cultural Differences; Cross Cultural Studies; Visual Stimuli; Computer Simulation; Animation; Comparative Analysis; Japan; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Ausland; Menschlicher Körper; Kultureller Unterschied; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Großbritannien
Abstract	The current study investigated the role of cultural norms on the development of face-scanning. British and Japanese adults' eye movements were recorded while they observed avatar faces moving their mouth, and then their eyes toward or away from the participants. British participants fixated more on the mouth, which contrasts with Japanese participants fixating mainly on the eyes. Moreover, eye fixations of British participants were less affected by the gaze shift of the avatar than Japanese participants, who shifted their fixation to the corresponding direction of the avatar's gaze. Results are consistent with the Western cultural norms that value the maintenance of eye contact, and the Eastern cultural norms that require flexible use of eye contact and gaze aversion. (Contains 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10