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Gaze behavior in response to affect during natural social interactions.
Gaze behavior in response to affect during natural social interactions.
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Frontiers in psychology [Front Psychol] 2024 Oct 14; Vol. 15, pp. 1433483. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 14 (Print Publication: 2024). - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Attention in social interactions is directed by social cues such as the face or eye region of an interaction partner. Several factors that influence these attentional biases have been identified in the past. However, most findings are based on paradigms with static stimuli and no interaction potential. Therefore, the current study investigated the influence of one of these factors, namely facial affect in natural social interactions using an evaluated eye-tracking setup. In a sample of 35 female participants, we examined how individuals' gaze behavior responds to changes in the facial affect of an interaction partner trained in affect modulation. Our goal was to analyze the effects on attention to facial features and to investigate their temporal dynamics in a natural social interaction. The study results, obtained from both aggregated and dynamic analyses, indicate that facial affect has only subtle influences on gaze behavior during social interactions. In a sample with high measurement precision, these findings highlight the difficulties of capturing the subtleties of social attention in more naturalistic settings. The methodology used in this study serves as a foundation for future research on social attention differences in more ecologically valid scenarios.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.<br /> (Copyright © 2024 Vehlen, Belopolsky and Domes.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1664-1078
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 39469241
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1433483