Toet Alexander, Tak Susanne
TNO, Kampweg 5, 3769DE Soesterberg, the Netherlands; e-mail:
Iperception. 2013 Jan 4;4(1):53-6. doi: 10.1068/i0568sas. Print 2013.
Previous research has shown that perceived facial valence is biased toward background valence. Here, we examine whether background dominance also affects perceived facial dominance. In particular, we hypothesized that downward-pointing triangles, which are known to convey threat, would affect perceived facial dominance. Participants judged perceived facial dominance of neutral faces presented overlaid on downward- or upward-pointing background triangles. Our results show that neutral faces are indeed judged more dominant when seen with a downward-pointing triangle in the background. The fact that simple geometric background shapes can affect facial judgments may have important implications for the design and experience of our daily environment and multimedia content.
先前的研究表明，人们对面部效价的感知偏向于背景效价。在此，我们研究背景优势是否也会影响对面部优势的感知。具体而言，我们假设已知传达威胁的向下指向的三角形会影响对面部优势的感知。参与者对叠加在向下或向上指向的背景三角形上呈现的中性面孔的面部优势感知进行判断。我们的结果表明，当背景中有向下指向的三角形时，中性面孔确实被判断为更具优势。简单的几何背景形状会影响面部判断这一事实可能对我们日常环境和多媒体内容的设计与体验具有重要意义。
