Author(s): |
Qian Qian, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Computer Technology Applications, Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming, Yunnan, China Yong Feng, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Computer Technology Applications, Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming, Yunnan, China Lin Shi, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Computer Technology Applications, Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming, Yunnan, China Feng Wang, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Computer Technology Applications, Kunming University of Science and Technology,Kunming, Yunnan, China |
Abstract: |
An uninformative cue by a
centrally-presented face gazing to one-location can trigger reflexive shifts of
attention toward the location gazed at. In this gaze-cueing paradigm, the
variation of face stimuli providing the gaze cue can influence the amount of
cueing effect. Therefore, present study is concerned with the influence of
number of face stimuli on gaze-cueing effect. The face number was varied to
provide one, two, four, or three-versus-one gaze cues in two experiments. The
results of experiment 1 showed that no significant difference was found among
the cueing effects induced by one, two, and four faces in a same-gazedirection condition.
However, in a gaze contrast condition of experiment 2, significant cueing
effect was observed along the gaze direction of three same-direction-gazing
faces, rather than along that of only one face. The results presented here
support the hypothesis that face number affects gaze-evoked attention
orienting.
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