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Grotesque Impressions Enhance the Gaze Cueing Effect

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Title Grotesque Impressions Enhance the Gaze Cueing Effect
 
Creator Okubo, Matia
Jiang, Yingda
 
Description A non-predictive gaze cue produces a reflexive shift of attention to the gazed-at location. The present study used a modified version of Posner's attentional cueing paradigm (a gaze cueing paradigm) to investigate role of grotesque facial expressions on a gaze cueing effect involving induced fear. Grotesque faces were created by vertically shifting the position of one of the two eyes (Experiment 1, N =28) or both eyes (Experiment 2, N =28).  The grotesque faces of Experiment 1 produced a larger facilitative effect of a gaze cue than did original faces, whereas the less grotesque faces of Experiment 2 did not.  Cooper & Wojan (2000) have shown that one-eye moved faces produce much more grotesque impressions than two-eye moved faces. Results suggest that a grotesque facial expression, which may induce fear, automatically attracts observers' attention and facilitates processing of the gaze, ultimately enhancing the gaze cueing effect.
 
Publisher Redfame Publishing
 
Contributor Matia Okubo, Senshu University
Yingda Jiang, Senshu University, MEXT, Japan
 
Date 2013-03-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/72
10.11114/ijsss.v1i1.72
 
Source International Journal of Social Science Studies; Vol 1, No 1 (2013); p222-229
2324-8041
2324-8033
 
Language eng
 
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