Adams Reginald B, Kleck Robert E
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2003 Nov;14(6):644-7. doi: 10.1046/j.0956-7976.2003.psci_1479.x.
There is good reason to believe that gaze direction and facial displays of emotion share an information value as signals of approach or avoidance. The combination of these cues in the analysis of social communication, however, has been a virtually neglected area of inquiry. Two studies were conducted to test the prediction that direct gaze would facilitate the processing of facially communicated approach-oriented emotions (e.g., anger and joy), whereas averted gaze would facilitate the processing of facially communicated avoidance-oriented emotions (e.g., fear and sadness). The results of both studies confirmed the central hypothesis and suggest that gaze direction and facial expression are combined in the processing of emotionally relevant facial information.
有充分理由相信，注视方向和面部情绪表达作为接近或回避信号具有信息价值。然而，在社会交往分析中，这些线索的组合实际上一直是一个被忽视的研究领域。进行了两项研究来检验这一预测：直接注视将促进对面部传达的接近导向情绪（如愤怒和喜悦）的处理，而回避注视将促进对面部传达的回避导向情绪（如恐惧和悲伤）的处理。两项研究的结果都证实了核心假设，并表明在处理与情绪相关的面部信息时，注视方向和面部表情是结合在一起的。
