Mitsuda Takashi, Masaki Syuta
a College of Information Science and Engineering , Ritsumeikan University , Kusatsu , Shiga.
Cogn Emot. 2018 Aug;32(5):1146-1151. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2017.1371002. Epub 2017 Aug 29.
Another individual's gaze automatically shifts an observer's attention to a location. This reflexive response occurs even when the gaze is presented subliminally over a short period. Another's gaze also increases the preference level for items in the gaze direction; however, it was previously unclear if this effect occurs when the gaze is presented subliminally. This study showed that the preference levels for nonsense figures looked at by a subliminal gaze were significantly greater than those for items that were subliminally looked away from (Task 1). Targets that were looked at by a subliminal gaze were detected faster (Task 2); however, the participants were unable to detect the gaze direction (Task 3). These results indicate that another individual's gaze automatically increases the preference levels for items in the gaze direction without conscious awareness.
他人的目光会自动将观察者的注意力转移到某个位置。即使目光在短时间内以阈下方式呈现，这种反射性反应也会发生。他人的目光还会提高对目光方向上物品的偏好程度；然而，此前尚不清楚当目光以阈下方式呈现时这种效应是否会出现。本研究表明，阈下目光注视的无意义图形的偏好程度显著高于阈下目光移开的物品（任务1）。阈下目光注视的目标被检测得更快（任务2）；然而，参与者无法检测到目光方向（任务3）。这些结果表明，他人的目光会在无意识的情况下自动提高对目光方向上物品的偏好程度。
