面罩减少了凝视诱导效应
Han Jia1, Qi Wang1, Xinghe Feng1
1Institute of Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, 610068, People's Republic of China.
Scientific reports
|August 12, 2023
概括
面罩减少了由眼睛注视线索引发的社会注意力定向,特别是在更短的时间内. 这种效应源于口罩的社会意义,而不仅仅是物理障碍,在COVID-19大流行期间影响了社会认知.
科学领域:
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
- 人类行为 人类行为
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,面罩的广泛使用变得必要,这促使人们对面罩对社会认知的影响进行了研究.
- 眼睛对于通过凝视线索引导社会注意力至关重要,这种机制可能会被面具改变.
研究的目的:
- 调查面罩如何影响社会注意力定向.
- 为了确定面罩对凝视效应的影响是由于身体障碍或社会意义.
主要方法:
- 用面具和非面具的面孔作为线索,采用了空间凝视提示任务.
- 实验对300毫秒和1000毫秒的刺激开始异步 (SOA) 进行了变化.
- 在第二次实验中,用口罩掩盖的面孔来区分物理和社会效应.
主要成果:
- 蒙面面孔产生较小的凝视效应 (GCE) 比非蒙面面孔在300毫秒SOA.
- 面具和非面具面部的GCE在1000ms SOA时是相似的.
- 口罩面孔没有显著改变GCE,这表明面具的社会意义是关键的.
结论:
- 面罩降低了眼睛凝视作为社会注意力暗示的有效性,特别是在短时间的曝光时间.
- 观察到的凝视的减少归因于口罩的社会解释,而不是它们的物理存在.
- 研究结果突出了高层次的社会信息,如口罩穿戴,如何调节基本的社会认知过程,如注意力.
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