Spatial interference between gaze direction and gaze location: A study on the eye contact effect

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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Title
Spatial interference between gaze direction and gaze location: A study on the eye contact effect
Journal
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Author(s)
Canadas, E., , & Lupianez  J.
ISSN
1747-0218
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
65
Number
8
Pages
1586-1598
Language
english
Abstract
Perceived gaze in faces is an important social cue that influences spatial orienting of attention. In three experiments, we examined whether the social relevance of gaze direction modulated spatial interference in response selection, using three different stimuli: faces, isolated eyes, and symbolic eyes (Experiments 1, 2, and 3, respectively). Each experiment employed a variant of the spatial Stroop paradigm in which face location and gaze direction were put into conflict. Results showed a reverse congruency effect between face location to the right or left of fixation and gaze direction only for stimuli with a social meaning to participants (Experiments 1 and 2). The opposite was observed for the nonsocial stimuli used in Experiment 3. Results are explained as facilitation in response to eye contact.
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