A Direct Link between Gaze Perception and Social Attention

Autor/inn/en	Bayliss, Andrew P.; Bartlett, Jessica; Naughtin, Claire K.; Kritikos, Ada
Titel	A Direct Link between Gaze Perception and Social Attention
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 37 (2011) 3, S.634-644 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0020559
Schlagwörter	Eye Movements; Cues; Attention; Interpersonal Communication; Cognitive Processes; Visual Perception; Reaction Time; Undergraduate Students; Task Analysis; Error Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Augenbewegung; Stichwort; Aufmerksamkeit; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Reaktionsvermögen; Aufgabenanalyse; Fehlertyp
Abstract	How information is exchanged between the cognitive mechanisms responsible for gaze perception and social attention is unclear. These systems could be independent; the "gaze cueing" effect could emerge from the activation of a general-purpose attentional mechanism that is ignorant of the social nature of the gaze cue. Alternatively, orienting to social gaze direction might be directly determined by the operation of cognitive mechanisms specifically dedicated to gaze perception. This second notion is the dominant assumption in the literature, but there is little direct support for this account. Here, we systematically manipulated observers' perception of gaze direction by implementing a gaze adaptation paradigm. Gaze cueing was reduced only in conditions where perception of specific averted gaze stimuli was impaired (Experiment 1). Adaptation to a pointing stimulus failed to impact gaze cueing (Experiment 2). Overall, these data suggest a direct link between the specific operation of gaze perception mechanisms and the consequential orienting of attention. (Contains 4 figures, 1 table, and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10