Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Henri-Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Talca, CP 3460000, Chile.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Henri-Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; University of Miami, Department of Neurological Surgery, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, FL 33136, United States.
Conscious Cogn. 2019 Sep;74:102794. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2019.102794. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
Recent research suggests that eye contact can lead to enhanced self-awareness. A related phenomenon, the sense of agency deals with the notion of the self as the origin of our actions. Possible links between eye contact and agency have been so far neglected. Here, we investigated whether an implicit sense of agency could be modulated by eye gaze. We asked participants to respond (button press) to a face stimulus: looking or not at the participant (experiment 1); or displaying distinct eye gaze before or after a mask (experiment 2). After each trial, participants estimated the time between their key press and the ensuing effects. We found enhanced intentional binding for conditions that involved direct compared to averted gaze. This study supports the idea that eye contact is an important cue that affects complex cognitive processes and suggests that modulating self-processing can impact the sense of agency.
最近的研究表明,眼神接触可以增强自我意识。一个相关的现象,主体感涉及到自我作为我们行动的起源的概念。眼神接触和主体感之间可能存在的联系迄今为止一直被忽视。在这里,我们研究了潜意识的主体感是否可以通过眼神来调节。我们要求参与者对人脸刺激做出反应(按钮按压):看着或不看着参与者(实验 1);或者在面具前后显示不同的眼神(实验 2)。在每次试验后,参与者估计他们按键和随后的效果之间的时间。我们发现,与回避目光相比,直接目光参与的条件下,意图绑定增强。这项研究支持这样一种观点,即眼神接触是一个重要的线索,它会影响复杂的认知过程,并表明调节自我处理可以影响主体感。