I spy without my eye: Covert attention in human social interactions.
Covert attention
Eye
Real-world
Social behaviour
Vision
Journal
Cognition
ISSN: 1873-7838
Titre abrégé: Cognition
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0367541
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2020
09 2020
Historique:
received:
27
03
2020
revised:
25
06
2020
accepted:
26
06
2020
pubmed:
11
7
2020
medline:
24
6
2021
entrez:
11
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Looking at other people allows us to collect information about them, but it can also reveal our attentional state when we would rather conceal it. We report that individuals spontaneously employ sustained covert monitoring, rather than direct looking, when evaluating the actions of a live stranger. In contrast, individuals look directly at the actions of a stranger on video. We argue that the ability to secretly monitor live others without executing a look towards them is an important process that compensates for the risk of looking directly during certain social situations. Covert monitoring allows people to avoid visually communicating to others that they are the focus of one's attention. This represents a previously undocumented function of covert attention outside of the laboratory. It suggests that the relationship between covert attention and looking is dynamic and likely to be foundational to the successful navigation of real-world social situations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32646589
pii: S0010-0277(20)30207-9
doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104388
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104388Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None.