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How do eye gaze and facial expression interact?

Bindemann, Markus, Burton, A. Mike, Langton, Stephen R. H. (2008) How do eye gaze and facial expression interact? Visual Cognition, 16 (6). pp. 708-733. ISSN 1350-6285. (doi:10.1080/13506280701269318) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:26200)

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Abstract

Previous research has demonstrated an interaction between eye gaze and selected facial emotional expressions, whereby the perception of anger and happiness is impaired when the eyes are horizontally averted within a face, but the perception of fear and sadness is enhanced under the same conditions. The current study reexamined these claims over six experiments. In the first three experiments, the categorization of happy and sad expressions (Experiments 1 and 2) and angry and fearful expressions (Experiment 3) was impaired when eye gaze was averted, in comparison to direct gaze conditions. Experiment 4 replicated these findings in a rating task, which combined all four expressions within the same design. Experiments 5 and 6 then showed that previous findings, that the perception of selected expressions is enhanced under averted gaze, are stimulus and task-bound. The results are discussed in relation to research on facial expression processing and visual attention.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/13506280701269318
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Markus Bindemann
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2011 17:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:04 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/26200 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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