Pittarello Andrea, Motro Daphna, Rubaltelli Enrico, Pluchino Patrik
Psychology Department, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Department of Management and Organizations, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2016 Apr;23(2):609-16. doi: 10.3758/s13423-015-0935-z.
Little is known about the relationship between attention allocation and dishonesty. The goal of the present work was to address this issue using the eyetracking methodology. We developed a novel task in which participants could honestly report seeing a particular card and lose money, or they could falsely report not seeing the card and not lose money. When participants cheated, they allocated less attention (i.e., shorter fixation durations and fewer fixations) to the card than when they behaved honestly. Our results suggest that when dishonesty pays, shifting attention away from undesirable information can serve as a self-deception strategy that allows individuals to serve their self-interests while maintaining a positive self-concept.
关于注意力分配与不诚实之间的关系，我们知之甚少。本研究的目的是使用眼动追踪方法来解决这个问题。我们开发了一项新颖的任务，参与者可以诚实地报告看到了某张特定的卡片并损失金钱，或者他们可以虚假报告未看到卡片从而不损失金钱。当参与者作弊时，他们对卡片的注意力分配较少（即注视持续时间较短且注视次数较少），而当他们诚实时则不然。我们的研究结果表明，当不诚实有利可图时，将注意力从不良信息上转移开可以作为一种自我欺骗策略，使个体在维护积极自我概念的同时实现自身利益。
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