TITLE:
Effects of Self-Esteem on Self-Face Recognition: An Eye Movement Study
AUTHORS:
Yuanyan Hu, Shasha Liao, Wenbo Luo, Weijie He
KEYWORDS:
Self-Esteem; Eye Movement; Self-Face Recognition; Pupil Size
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.1 No.6,
December
2,
2013
ABSTRACT: In
this study, effects of self-esteem on self-faces recognition toward four types of
faces were evaluated by eye movements tracking within a self-face recognition paradigm.
Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) was used to assess self-esteem level of participants,
high (n = 16) and low (n = 16) self-esteem undergraduates participated in it. Participants completed
a self-face recognition task wherein eye movements were recorded during the presentation
of self-face, partner’s face, famous face and stranger face. Findings showed that
high self-esteem group pay more attention to self-face, partner’ face and famous
face than unfamiliar face; low self-esteem individuals, however, pay the same attention
to all categories. These results not only enriched the research
about the self-esteem, but also the self-face recognition.