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The social perceptual salience effect.

Martin P Inderbitzin1, Alberto Betella, Antonio Lanatá

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Social stimuli salience influences human interaction, affecting spatial behavior and physiological arousal. This study confirms the social salience effect in mixed reality, generalizing the law of apparent reality to social contexts.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Affective processes guide actions based on stimulus salience.
  • Previous research primarily used controlled lab settings.
  • Generalizing stimulus-affect-action relationships to social interactions is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the influence of social stimulus salience on human interaction.
  • To investigate how varying social salience affects spatial behavior and physiological responses.
  • To test the generalization of the law of apparent reality to social contexts.

Main Methods:

  • A mixed reality ball game was designed for collaborative and competitive team play.
  • Players interacted with remote teammates represented by physical and virtual avatars (varying social salience).
  • Interpersonal distance, physiological arousal, and subjective reports were measured.

Main Results:

  • Winners and losers exhibited distinct spatial behaviors regardless of team composition.
  • Interpersonal distance regulation was proportional to stimulus vividness for both virtual and physical teammates.
  • Physiological arousal correlated with behavioral effects and subjective reports, validating the social salience effect.

Conclusions:

  • Proxemics (spatial behavior) aligns with affective responses, confirming a social salience effect.
  • The law of apparent reality is generalized to social interactions.
  • Findings can inform the design of more effective social artifacts in mixed reality environments.