The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task
The role of body orientation in the orienting and allocation of social attention was examined using an adapted Simon paradigm. Participants categorized the facial expression of forward facing, computer-generated human figures by pressing one of two response keys, each located left or right of the ob...
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| author | Iwona ePomianowska Iwona ePomianowska Filip eGermeys Filip eGermeys Karl eVerfaillie Fiona N. Newell |
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| description | The role of body orientation in the orienting and allocation of social attention was examined using an adapted Simon paradigm. Participants categorized the facial expression of forward facing, computer-generated human figures by pressing one of two response keys, each located left or right of the observers’ body midline, while the orientation of the stimulus figure’s body (trunk, arms, and legs), which was the task-irrelevant feature of interest, was manipulated (oriented towards the left or right visual hemifield) with respect to the spatial location of the required response. We found that when the orientation of the body was compatible with the required response location, responses were slower relative to when body orientation was incompatible with the response location. This reverse compatibility effect suggests that body orientation is automatically processed into a directional spatial code, but that this code is based on an integration of head and body orientation within an allocentric-based frame of reference. Moreover, we argue that this code may be derived from the motion information implied in the image of a figure when head and body orientation are incongruent. Our results have implications for understanding the nature of the information that affects the allocation of attention for social orienting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b9b9dceeacd4634bfa1b190c6c594b82022-12-22T00:38:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience1662-51452012-02-01610.3389/fnint.2012.0000417949The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon taskIwona ePomianowska0Iwona ePomianowska1Filip eGermeys2Filip eGermeys3Karl eVerfaillie4Fiona N. Newell5Trinity College DublinKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenH.U.BrusselKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenKatholieke Universiteit LeuvenTrinity College DublinThe role of body orientation in the orienting and allocation of social attention was examined using an adapted Simon paradigm. Participants categorized the facial expression of forward facing, computer-generated human figures by pressing one of two response keys, each located left or right of the observers’ body midline, while the orientation of the stimulus figure’s body (trunk, arms, and legs), which was the task-irrelevant feature of interest, was manipulated (oriented towards the left or right visual hemifield) with respect to the spatial location of the required response. We found that when the orientation of the body was compatible with the required response location, responses were slower relative to when body orientation was incompatible with the response location. This reverse compatibility effect suggests that body orientation is automatically processed into a directional spatial code, but that this code is based on an integration of head and body orientation within an allocentric-based frame of reference. Moreover, we argue that this code may be derived from the motion information implied in the image of a figure when head and body orientation are incongruent. Our results have implications for understanding the nature of the information that affects the allocation of attention for social orienting.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2012.00004/fullspatial attentionsocial attentionhead-body orientationimplied motionsimon task |
| spellingShingle | Iwona ePomianowska Iwona ePomianowska Filip eGermeys Filip eGermeys Karl eVerfaillie Fiona N. Newell The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience spatial attention social attention head-body orientation implied motion simon task |
| title | The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task |
| title_full | The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task |
| title_fullStr | The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task |
| title_short | The role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention: Head-body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a Simon task |
| title_sort | role of social cues in the deployment of spatial attention head body relationships automatically activate directional spatial codes in a simon task |
| topic | spatial attention social attention head-body orientation implied motion simon task |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2012.00004/full |
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