School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2020 Nov;73(11):1729-1744. doi: 10.1177/1747021820922804. Epub 2020 Jun 2.
We present an eye-tracking experiment examining moment-to-moment processes underlying the comprehension of emoticons. Younger (18-30) and older (65+) participants had their eye movements recorded while reading scenarios containing comments that were ambiguous between literal or sarcastic interpretations (e.g., ). Comments were accompanied by wink emoticons or full stops. Results showed that participants read earlier parts of the wink scenarios faster than those with full stops, but then spent more time reading the text surrounding the emoticon. Thus, readers moved more quickly to the end of the text when there was a device that may aid interpretation but then spent more time processing the conflict between the superficially positive nature of the comment and the tone implied by the emoticon. Interestingly, the wink increased the likelihood of a sarcastic interpretation in younger adults only, suggesting that perceiver-related factors play an important role in emoticon interpretation.
我们呈现了一项眼动实验，旨在考察理解表情符号的即时过程。年轻组（18-30 岁）和老年组（65+岁）参与者在阅读包含字面或讽刺两种解释模棱两可的评论的场景时，其眼球运动被记录下来（例如，）。评论旁边附有眨眼表情符号或句号。结果表明，与句号相比，参与者阅读带有眨眼表情符号场景的开头部分更快，但随后花更多时间阅读表情符号周围的文本。因此，当存在可能有助于解释的设备时，读者会更快地移动到文本的末尾，但随后会花费更多时间来处理评论表面上的积极性质与表情符号所暗示的语气之间的冲突。有趣的是，只有在年轻成年人中，眨眼表情符号增加了讽刺性解释的可能性，这表明感知者相关因素在表情符号解释中起着重要作用。
