Gamer Matthias, Hecht Heiko
Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
J Exp Psychol Hum Percept Perform. 2007 Jun;33(3):705-15. doi: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.3.705.
The processing of gaze cues plays an important role in social interactions, and mutual gaze in particular is relevant for natural as well as video-mediated communications. Mutual gaze occurs when an observer looks at or in the direction of the eyes of another person. The authors chose the metaphor of a cone of gaze to characterize this range of gaze directions that constitutes "looking at" another person. In 4 experiments using either a real person or a virtual head, the authors investigated the influences of observer distance, head orientation, visibility of the eyes, and the presence of a 2nd head on the perceived direction and width of the gaze cone. The direction of the gaze cone was largely affected by all experimental manipulations, whereas its angular width remained comparatively stable.
注视线索的处理在社交互动中起着重要作用，尤其是相互注视，它与自然交流以及视频介导的交流都相关。当观察者看向另一个人的眼睛或其眼睛的方向时，就会发生相互注视。作者选择用注视锥这个比喻来描述构成“看向”另一个人的这一系列注视方向。在4个使用真人或虚拟头部的实验中，作者研究了观察者距离、头部朝向、眼睛的可见性以及第二个头部的存在对所感知的注视锥方向和宽度的影响。注视锥的方向在很大程度上受到所有实验操作的影响，而其角宽度则相对保持稳定。
