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The combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression on cueing spatial attention.
Emotion. 2008 Oct; 8(5):628-34.E

Abstract

Empirical evidence shows an effect of gaze direction on cueing spatial attention, regardless of the emotional expression shown by a face, whereas a combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression has been observed on individuals' evaluative judgments. In 2 experiments, the authors investigated whether gaze direction and facial expression affect spatial attention depending upon the presence of an evaluative goal. Disgusted, fearful, happy, or neutral faces gazing left or right were followed by positive or negative target words presented either at the spatial location looked at by the face or at the opposite spatial location. Participants responded to target words based on affective valence (i.e., positive/negative) in Experiment 1 and on letter case (lowercase/uppercase) in Experiment 2. Results showed that participants responded much faster to targets presented at the spatial location looked at by disgusted or fearful faces but only in Experiment 1, when an evaluative task was used. The present findings clearly show that negative facial expressions enhance the attentional shifts due to eye-gaze direction, provided that there was an explicit evaluative goal present.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Department of Psychology, University of Hull, Hull, UK. a.pecchinenda@hull.ac.ukNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info availableNo affiliation info available

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18837612

Citation

Pecchinenda, Anna, et al. "The Combined Effect of Gaze Direction and Facial Expression On Cueing Spatial Attention." Emotion (Washington, D.C.), vol. 8, no. 5, 2008, pp. 628-34.
Pecchinenda A, Pes M, Ferlazzo F, et al. The combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression on cueing spatial attention. Emotion. 2008;8(5):628-34.
Pecchinenda, A., Pes, M., Ferlazzo, F., & Zoccolotti, P. (2008). The combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression on cueing spatial attention. Emotion (Washington, D.C.), 8(5), 628-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013437
Pecchinenda A, et al. The Combined Effect of Gaze Direction and Facial Expression On Cueing Spatial Attention. Emotion. 2008;8(5):628-34. PubMed PMID: 18837612.
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TY - JOUR T1 - The combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression on cueing spatial attention. AU - Pecchinenda,Anna, AU - Pes,Manuela, AU - Ferlazzo,Fabio, AU - Zoccolotti,Pierluigi, PY - 2008/10/8/pubmed PY - 2009/1/13/medline PY - 2008/10/8/entrez SP - 628 EP - 34 JF - Emotion (Washington, D.C.) JO - Emotion VL - 8 IS - 5 N2 - Empirical evidence shows an effect of gaze direction on cueing spatial attention, regardless of the emotional expression shown by a face, whereas a combined effect of gaze direction and facial expression has been observed on individuals' evaluative judgments. In 2 experiments, the authors investigated whether gaze direction and facial expression affect spatial attention depending upon the presence of an evaluative goal. Disgusted, fearful, happy, or neutral faces gazing left or right were followed by positive or negative target words presented either at the spatial location looked at by the face or at the opposite spatial location. Participants responded to target words based on affective valence (i.e., positive/negative) in Experiment 1 and on letter case (lowercase/uppercase) in Experiment 2. Results showed that participants responded much faster to targets presented at the spatial location looked at by disgusted or fearful faces but only in Experiment 1, when an evaluative task was used. The present findings clearly show that negative facial expressions enhance the attentional shifts due to eye-gaze direction, provided that there was an explicit evaluative goal present. SN - 1528-3542 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18837612/The_combined_effect_of_gaze_direction_and_facial_expression_on_cueing_spatial_attention_ L2 - http://content.apa.org/journals/emo/8/5/628 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -