Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading
Previous studies show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by text properties and readers’ personal cognitive characteristics. In the current study, we further show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by a social motivation of self-enhancement. We asked participants to silently read sen...
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| author | Ya Lou Ya Lou Ya Lou Huajian Cai Huajian Cai Xuewei Liu Xuewei Liu Xingshan Li Xingshan Li |
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| description | Previous studies show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by text properties and readers’ personal cognitive characteristics. In the current study, we further show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by a social motivation of self-enhancement. We asked participants to silently read sentences that describe self or others with positive or negative traits while their eyes were monitored. First-fixation duration and gaze duration were longer when positive words were used to describe self than to describe others, but there was no such effect for negative words. These results suggest that eye movements can be influenced by the motivation of self-enhancement in addition to various stimuli features and cognitive factors. This finding indicates that the eye movement methodology can potentially be used to study implicit social cognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fef189c3cfae4a3fb63f931835200d372022-12-22T00:44:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-02-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00343434372Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During ReadingYa Lou0Ya Lou1Ya Lou2Huajian Cai3Huajian Cai4Xuewei Liu5Xuewei Liu6Xingshan Li7Xingshan Li8CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Institute of Education, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaPrevious studies show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by text properties and readers’ personal cognitive characteristics. In the current study, we further show that readers’ eye movements are influenced by a social motivation of self-enhancement. We asked participants to silently read sentences that describe self or others with positive or negative traits while their eyes were monitored. First-fixation duration and gaze duration were longer when positive words were used to describe self than to describe others, but there was no such effect for negative words. These results suggest that eye movements can be influenced by the motivation of self-enhancement in addition to various stimuli features and cognitive factors. This finding indicates that the eye movement methodology can potentially be used to study implicit social cognition.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00343/fullself enhancementreadingeye movementslanguage sciencespersonality and social psychology |
| spellingShingle | Ya Lou Ya Lou Ya Lou Huajian Cai Huajian Cai Xuewei Liu Xuewei Liu Xingshan Li Xingshan Li Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading Frontiers in Psychology self enhancement reading eye movements language sciences personality and social psychology |
| title | Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading |
| title_full | Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading |
| title_short | Effects of Self-Enhancement on Eye Movements During Reading |
| title_sort | effects of self enhancement on eye movements during reading |
| topic | self enhancement reading eye movements language sciences personality and social psychology |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00343/full |
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