Gullberg Marianne, Kita Sotaro
J Nonverbal Behav. 2009 Dec;33(4):251-277. doi: 10.1007/s10919-009-0073-2. Epub 2009 Jul 19.
There is growing evidence that addressees in interaction integrate the semantic information conveyed by speakers' gestures. Little is known, however, about whether and how addressees' attention to gestures and the integration of gestural information can be modulated. This study examines the influence of a social factor (speakers' gaze to their own gestures), and two physical factors (the gesture's location in gesture space and gestural holds) on addressees' overt visual attention to gestures (direct fixations of gestures) and their uptake of gestural information. It also examines the relationship between gaze and uptake. The results indicate that addressees' overt visual attention to gestures is affected both by speakers' gaze and holds but for different reasons, whereas location in space plays no role. Addressees' uptake of gesture information is only influenced by speakers' gaze. There is little evidence of a direct relationship between addressees' direct fixations of gestures and their uptake.
越来越多的证据表明，互动中的受话者会整合说话者手势所传达的语义信息。然而，对于受话者对手势的关注以及手势信息的整合是否以及如何受到调节，我们却知之甚少。本研究考察了一个社会因素（说话者对自身手势的注视）和两个物理因素（手势在手势空间中的位置以及手势保持）对受话者对手势的公开视觉关注（对手势的直接注视）及其对手势信息的接收的影响。它还考察了注视与接收之间的关系。结果表明，受话者对手势的公开视觉关注受到说话者的注视和手势保持的影响，但原因不同，而空间位置则没有作用。受话者对手势信息的接收仅受说话者注视的影响。几乎没有证据表明受话者对手势的直接注视与其接收之间存在直接关系。
