宝宝不哭:对宝宝悲伤的表情有无意识的敏感性
E Guida1, M Addabbo2, C Turati3
1Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Biological psychology
|February 21, 2025
概括
即使没有意识到,悲伤的婴儿面孔也会吸引成人的注意力,而不是快乐的婴儿或悲伤的成人的面孔. 这表明婴儿的面部表情是强大的,先天的社会信号.
科学领域:
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 认知神经科学 认知神经科学
背景情况:
- 婴儿线索对于引起照顾至关重要,确保后代的生存和发育.
- 婴儿无意识地感知到婴儿面部表情对成年人的注意力的影响仍然在很大程度上未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否潜意识暴露在情绪化的婴儿与成年人的面孔影响母亲和非母亲的注意力脱离.
- 为了确定婴儿对面部情绪的无意识感知是否会产生注意偏差.
主要方法:
- 采用了脱离任务与眼球追踪程序相结合.
- 参与者 (母亲和非母亲) 接触到潜意识的情感婴儿和成人面孔.
- 作为注意力脱离的指标,测量了的延迟时间.
主要成果:
- 妇女,无论母亲的地位,表现出更长的萨卡德延迟后潜意识暴露悲伤的婴儿面孔.
- 这种效应比快乐的婴儿脸和悲伤的成年人脸更明显.
- 表明对悲伤的婴儿面部表情的注意偏差,即使在下面的有意识意识下呈现.
结论:
- 婴儿悲伤的面部表情作为高度突出的社会信号,即使没有意识地感知.
- 婴儿情绪线索的潜意识处理可以显著影响成年人的注意力系统.
- 这些发现凸显了婴儿应急信号的快速,自动反应的进化重要性.
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