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| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 1900-1906 |
| Seitenumfang | 7 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
| Jahrgang | 43 |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2021 |
| Veranstaltung | 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society: Comparative Cognition - Animal Minds - online Dauer: 26 Juli 2021 → 29 Juli 2021 Konferenznummer: 43 |
Abstract
Eye contact serves as an important social signal and humans show a special sensitivity for detecting eyes. Here, we asked whether people’s sensitivity to eyes would enable them to overcome temporal limitations in visual attention. We used an “attentional blink” (AB) paradigm, in which the second of two visual stimuli presented in quick succession typically cannot be detected. Participants performed a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task and were asked to identify, within a stream of symbols, a target and to detect whether the target was succeeded by a probe. The probe was either an image of an eye (with direct gaze) or of a star. As expected, participants’ detection rate for the star was poor, demonstrating the typical attentional blink. Crucially, detection rate for the eye was significantly better. This reduced attentional blink suggests that people’s sensitivity to eyes is strong enough to circumvent fundamental limitations in visuotemporal attention.
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- Informatik (insg.)
- Artificial intelligence
- Neurowissenschaften (insg.)
- Kognitive Neurowissenschaft
- Informatik (insg.)
- Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion
- Informatik (insg.)
- Angewandte Informatik
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in: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Jahrgang 43, 2021, S. 1900-1906.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - In the blink of an eye? Evidence for a reduced attentional blink for eyes
AU - Schmitz, Laura Linnea
AU - Wahn, Basil
AU - Krüger, Melanie
AU - Böckler, Anne
N1 - Conference code: 43
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Eye contact serves as an important social signal and humans show a special sensitivity for detecting eyes. Here, we asked whether people’s sensitivity to eyes would enable them to overcome temporal limitations in visual attention. We used an “attentional blink” (AB) paradigm, in which the second of two visual stimuli presented in quick succession typically cannot be detected. Participants performed a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task and were asked to identify, within a stream of symbols, a target and to detect whether the target was succeeded by a probe. The probe was either an image of an eye (with direct gaze) or of a star. As expected, participants’ detection rate for the star was poor, demonstrating the typical attentional blink. Crucially, detection rate for the eye was significantly better. This reduced attentional blink suggests that people’s sensitivity to eyes is strong enough to circumvent fundamental limitations in visuotemporal attention.
AB - Eye contact serves as an important social signal and humans show a special sensitivity for detecting eyes. Here, we asked whether people’s sensitivity to eyes would enable them to overcome temporal limitations in visual attention. We used an “attentional blink” (AB) paradigm, in which the second of two visual stimuli presented in quick succession typically cannot be detected. Participants performed a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) task and were asked to identify, within a stream of symbols, a target and to detect whether the target was succeeded by a probe. The probe was either an image of an eye (with direct gaze) or of a star. As expected, participants’ detection rate for the star was poor, demonstrating the typical attentional blink. Crucially, detection rate for the eye was significantly better. This reduced attentional blink suggests that people’s sensitivity to eyes is strong enough to circumvent fundamental limitations in visuotemporal attention.
KW - attentional blink
KW - attentional limitations
KW - eye detection
KW - social cognition
KW - social gaze
KW - visual attention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85139428608&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference article
VL - 43
SP - 1900
EP - 1906
JO - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
JF - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
SN - 1069-7977
T2 - 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Y2 - 26 July 2021 through 29 July 2021
ER -