你的形状:眼睛跟踪和人类身体的社会感知
Edward Morrison1, Marianne Lanigan1
1Centre for Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2UP, UK.
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 26, 2025
概括
这项研究使用眼睛跟踪来探索身体吸引力和健康的判断期间的视觉注意力. 较轻的身体被认为是最年轻的,而低BMI的健康身体被评为最有吸引力和健康的.
科学领域:
- 进化心理学 进化心理学
- 社会的认知社会认知.
- 人类的感知人类的感知.
背景情况:
- 身体外观显著影响社会判断,特别是关于吸引力和健康.
- 以前的研究集中在判断结果上,对这些评估期间视觉注意力模式的调查有限.
- 了解凝视行为为基于外表的社会观念背后的认知过程提供了洞察力.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究通过眼睛追踪测量视觉注意力是如何分配的,当个人对身体吸引力,健康和年轻的判断时.
- 为了检查模型的性别和体重指数 (BMI) 对凝视模式的影响.
- 为了将视觉注意力数据与吸引力,健康和年轻的主观评分相关联.
主要方法:
- 采用眼睛跟踪技术记录32名参与者 (主要是女性) 的目光行为,在一系列BMI上观看计算机生成的男性和女性身体.
- 独立变量包括模型的性别,BMI,特定的身体感兴趣的区域,以及判断的类型 (吸引力,健康,年轻).
- 依赖变量包括固定计数,固定持续时间和利克特级别等级.
主要成果:
- 视觉注意力主要集中在胸部和腹部,根据具体判断和身体的BMI而有所变化.
- 描绘的身体的性别影响了凝视行为,可能是由于参与者的人口统计学.
- 身体在健康的BMI范围的底端的身体被评为吸引力和健康的最高,而最轻的身体被认为是最年轻的.
结论:
- 关于外表的社会判断引发了不同的,但重叠的视觉注意力模式.
- 研究结果在很大程度上支持"健康与生育"假设,这表明对吸引力的看法与进化适应性指标有关.
- 这项研究强调了视觉焦点,身体特征和对吸引力,健康和年轻的社会评价之间的微妙关系.
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