Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow.
Gaze following is a socio-cognitive process that provides adaptive information about potential threats and opportunities in the individual's environment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential interaction between emotional context and facial dominance in gaze following. W...
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| author | Garian Ohlsen Wieske van Zoest Mark van Vugt |
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| description | Gaze following is a socio-cognitive process that provides adaptive information about potential threats and opportunities in the individual's environment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential interaction between emotional context and facial dominance in gaze following. We used the gaze cue task to induce attention to or away from the location of a target stimulus. In the experiment, the gaze cue either belonged to a (dominant looking) male face or a (non-dominant looking) female face. Critically, prior to the task, individuals were primed with pictures of threat or no threat to induce either a dangerous or safe environment. Findings revealed that the primed emotional context critically influenced the gaze cuing effect. While a gaze cue of the dominant male face influenced performance in both the threat and no-threat conditions, the gaze cue of the non-dominant female face only influenced performance in the no-threat condition. This research suggests an implicit, context-dependent follower bias, which carries implications for research on visual attention, social cognition, and leadership. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d17f031036041779bd5152abae6aea62022-12-21T19:57:05ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0184e5947110.1371/journal.pone.0059471Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow.Garian OhlsenWieske van ZoestMark van VugtGaze following is a socio-cognitive process that provides adaptive information about potential threats and opportunities in the individual's environment. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential interaction between emotional context and facial dominance in gaze following. We used the gaze cue task to induce attention to or away from the location of a target stimulus. In the experiment, the gaze cue either belonged to a (dominant looking) male face or a (non-dominant looking) female face. Critically, prior to the task, individuals were primed with pictures of threat or no threat to induce either a dangerous or safe environment. Findings revealed that the primed emotional context critically influenced the gaze cuing effect. While a gaze cue of the dominant male face influenced performance in both the threat and no-threat conditions, the gaze cue of the non-dominant female face only influenced performance in the no-threat condition. This research suggests an implicit, context-dependent follower bias, which carries implications for research on visual attention, social cognition, and leadership.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3616071?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Garian Ohlsen Wieske van Zoest Mark van Vugt Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. PLoS ONE |
| title | Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. |
| title_full | Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. |
| title_fullStr | Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. |
| title_short | Gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing: emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow. |
| title_sort | gender and facial dominance in gaze cuing emotional context matters in the eyes that we follow |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3616071?pdf=render |
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