Tears of Sadness Reduce Others' Gazing Toward the Eyes

被引:1
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作者
Grainger, Sarah A. [1 ]
Vanman, Eric J. [1 ]
Henry, Julie D. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Sch Psychol, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
eye-gaze patterns; sadness; tear effect; EMOTIONAL TEARS; GAZE; ATTENTION;
D O I
10.1037/emo0000926
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Emotional tears enhance perceptions of sadness and promote helping behaviors, but it is yet to be established whether they also influence the way we gaze at emotional faces. This is an important question to address given that how people visually attend to faces plays a critical role during social interaction and may also be used to regulate emotional arousal. We used eye-tracking to quantify the time spent gazing to the eyes and mouths of emotional faces. Participants' (N = 131) gaze patterns were monitored while they viewed stimuli that were manipulated to have tears present or absent. The key finding to emerge was that participants gazed less at the eyes of faces when tears were present compared with absent, suggesting that perceiving tears may be emotionally aversive. These findings are discussed in relation to prior work that suggests eye-gaze is used to regulate emotional arousal.
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页码:1382 / 1386
页数:5
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