Mario Dalmaso
Biographic Data
| ID | 2749852 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mario Dalmaso |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mario |
| FAMILY NAME | Dalmaso |
| SIGNATURE | DALMASO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Padua |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0199-7861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigating the reversed congruency effect of gaze through the lens of joint attention
Recent evidence has highlighted differences in attentional shifting elicited by gaze and arrow stimuli. Specifically, in a spatial Stroop task, arrows consistently produce a standard congruency effect (SCE; faster reaction times on congruent vs. incongruent trials). In contrast, averted gaze stimuli produce a reversed congruency effect (RCE; faster reaction times on incongruent vs. congruent trials). The origin of this discrepancy is still under …
Culture shapes the SNARC-like effect for visual speed
Numerical and non-numerical quantities are often mapped onto horizontal space. Previous research suggests that culture-related habits, such as reading and writing direction, can influence the orientation of this mapping. While cross-cultural differences have been observed in the spatial representation of time, similar effects have not been consistently found for numbers. This discrepancy has been attributed to the fact that reading and writing in…
Explicit and implicit spatial mapping of face age
Time is often conceptualised in spatial terms. For example, concepts such as ‘before’ and ‘after’ are frequently mapped onto the left and right sides of space, respectively. Importantly, such spatial mapping typically disappears when time is processed as a task-irrelevant dimension. In the present study, we further investigated this phenomenon using highly salient and socially relevant stimuli: human faces varying in age. We conducted two experim…
Ethnicity does not matter: Comparable reversed congruency effects for gaze stimuli from same- and other-ethnicity faces
In spatial Stroop tasks with gaze stimuli, the reversed congruency effect (RCE) refers to slower responses in congruent (i.e., a gaze pointing right presented on the right side of the screen) than incongruent (i.e., a gaze pointing right presented on the left side of the screen) trials. The nature of the RCE may stem from social attention mechanisms. In line with this social account, an increasing number of studies have shown that the RCE is modu…
We are what we eat: Cross‐cultural self‐prioritization effects for food stimuli
Previous research has shown that the concept of self is malleable and can be associated with various arbitrary stimuli. This study explored whether the self could be linked to images of food representative of one's own or a different culture. We compared two groups, Italian and Japanese individuals, whose cultures are both characterized by rich and distinctive food traditions. Participants performed a perceptual matching task, associating themsel…
A direct comparison of gaze-mediated orienting elicited by schematic and real human faces
During social interactions, we tend to orient our visual attention towards the spatial location indicated by the gaze direction of others. However, modern societies are characterised by the increasing presence of facial stimuli of various natures, often schematic and pertaining to fictional entities, used in contexts such as advertisements or digital interfaces. In this study, we directly compared the impact of eye-gaze belonging to schematic and…
The right side of price: Evidence of a SNARC-like effect for economic value
It is well known that both numerical and non-numerical magnitudes can be represented horizontally from left to right. Building on this knowledge, here we explored whether a similar spatial representation exists for the economic value of goods. Participants were presented with images of a reference and a target product and classified the economic value of the target as higher or lower than that of the reference (Experiments 1 and 2), or classified…
The self can be associated with novel faces of in-group and out-group members: A cross-cultural study
We explored cross-cultural associations with the self and in- and out-group faces. • Asian Japanese and White Italians were presented with Asian and White faces. • Both groups showed a self-prioritisation effect for all face types. • Implicit biases did not impact the magnitude of the self-prioritisation effect. • The self can incorporate social stimuli from different groups. The self can be associated with arbitrary images, such as geometric fig…
Stretching the limits of automated symbolic orienting
The boundary conditions of automated symbolic orienting were tested. • In four experiments uninformative arrows were used as spatial cues. • Arrow direction was either random or constant within a block of trials. • A 100% informative direction word was also employed in two experiments. • Arrow-mediated orienting of attention survived in all experiments. Arrows trigger reflexive shifts of attention and instantiate the prototypical example of autom…
Tuning social modulations of gaze cueing via contextual factors
Gaze cueing reflects the tendency to shift attention toward a location cued by the averted gaze of others. This effect does not fulfill criteria for strong automaticity because its magnitude is sensitive to the manipulation of different social features. Recent theoretical perspectives suggest that social modulations of gaze cueing could further critically depend on contextual factors. In this study, we tested this idea, relying on previous eviden…
Cross-cultural evidence of a space-ethnicity association in face categorisation
According to a space-valence association, individuals tend to relate negatively- and positively-connoted stimuli with the left and right side of space, respectively. So far, only a few studies have explored whether this phenomenon can also emerge for social dimensions associated with facial stimuli. Here, we adopted a cross-cultural approach and conducted two experiments with the main aim to test whether a left–right space-valence association can…
When time stands upright: STEARC effects along the vertical axis
According to the spatial–temporal association of response codes (STEARC) effect, time can be spatially represented from left to right. However, exploration of a possible STEARC effect along the vertical axis has yielded mixed results. Here, in six experiments based on a novel paradigm, we systematically explored whether a STEARC effect could emerge when participants were asked to classify the actual temporal duration of a visual stimulus. Speeded…
Foot cues can elicit covert orienting of attention
Humans tend to orient their attentional resources towards the same location indicated by spatial signals coming from the others, such as pointing fingers, head turns, or eye-gaze. Here, two experiments investigated whether an attentional orienting response can be elicited even by foot cues. Participants were asked to localize a peripheral target while a task-irrelevant picture of a naked human foot, oriented leftward or rightward, was presented o…
Can masked gaze and arrow stimuli elicit overt orienting of attention? A registered report
Viewing an averted gaze can elicit saccades towards the corresponding location. Here, the automaticity of this gaze-following behaviour phenomenon was further tested by exploring whether such an effect can be detected in response to briefly-presented masked averted gazes. Participants completed an oculomotor interference task consisting of making leftward/rightward saccades according to a symbolic instruction cue. Crucially, either a task-irrelev…
A test of the pathway model of problematic smartphone use
Is ‘heavy’ up or down? Testing the vertical spatial representation of weight
Social attention across borders: A cross-cultural investigation of gaze cueing elicited by same- and other-ethnicity faces
The gaze-cueing effect is a robust phenomenon which illustrates how attention can be shaped by social factors. In four experiments, the present study explored the interaction between the ethnic membership of the participant and that of the face providing the gaze cue. Firstly, we aimed to further investigate the differential impact of White, Black, and Asian faces on the gaze-cueing effect in White individuals. Secondly, we aimed to explore, for …
Social modulators of gaze-mediated orienting of attention: A review
Early saccade planning cannot override oculomotor interference elicited by gaze and arrow distractors
Social attention across borders: A cross-cultural investigation of gaze cueing elicited by same- and other-ethnicity faces
The gaze-cueing effect is a robust phenomenon which illustrates how attention can be shaped by social factors. In four experiments, the present study explored the interaction between the ethnic membership of the participant and that of the face providing the gaze cue. Firstly, we aimed to further investigate the differential impact of White, Black, and Asian faces on the gaze-cueing effect in White individuals. Secondly, we aimed to explore, for …
Social modulators of gaze-mediated orienting of attention: A review
Early saccade planning cannot override oculomotor interference elicited by gaze and arrow distractors
A test of the pathway model of problematic smartphone use
Is ‘heavy’ up or down? Testing the vertical spatial representation of weight
Social attention across borders: A cross-cultural investigation of gaze cueing elicited by same- and other-ethnicity faces
The gaze-cueing effect is a robust phenomenon which illustrates how attention can be shaped by social factors. In four experiments, the present study explored the interaction between the ethnic membership of the participant and that of the face providing the gaze cue. Firstly, we aimed to further investigate the differential impact of White, Black, and Asian faces on the gaze-cueing effect in White individuals. Secondly, we aimed to explore, for …
Tuning social modulations of gaze cueing via contextual factors
Gaze cueing reflects the tendency to shift attention toward a location cued by the averted gaze of others. This effect does not fulfill criteria for strong automaticity because its magnitude is sensitive to the manipulation of different social features. Recent theoretical perspectives suggest that social modulations of gaze cueing could further critically depend on contextual factors. In this study, we tested this idea, relying on previous eviden…
Cross-cultural evidence of a space-ethnicity association in face categorisation
According to a space-valence association, individuals tend to relate negatively- and positively-connoted stimuli with the left and right side of space, respectively. So far, only a few studies have explored whether this phenomenon can also emerge for social dimensions associated with facial stimuli. Here, we adopted a cross-cultural approach and conducted two experiments with the main aim to test whether a left–right space-valence association can…
When time stands upright: STEARC effects along the vertical axis
According to the spatial–temporal association of response codes (STEARC) effect, time can be spatially represented from left to right. However, exploration of a possible STEARC effect along the vertical axis has yielded mixed results. Here, in six experiments based on a novel paradigm, we systematically explored whether a STEARC effect could emerge when participants were asked to classify the actual temporal duration of a visual stimulus. Speeded…
Foot cues can elicit covert orienting of attention
Humans tend to orient their attentional resources towards the same location indicated by spatial signals coming from the others, such as pointing fingers, head turns, or eye-gaze. Here, two experiments investigated whether an attentional orienting response can be elicited even by foot cues. Participants were asked to localize a peripheral target while a task-irrelevant picture of a naked human foot, oriented leftward or rightward, was presented o…
Can masked gaze and arrow stimuli elicit overt orienting of attention? A registered report
Viewing an averted gaze can elicit saccades towards the corresponding location. Here, the automaticity of this gaze-following behaviour phenomenon was further tested by exploring whether such an effect can be detected in response to briefly-presented masked averted gazes. Participants completed an oculomotor interference task consisting of making leftward/rightward saccades according to a symbolic instruction cue. Crucially, either a task-irrelev…
The right side of price: Evidence of a SNARC-like effect for economic value
It is well known that both numerical and non-numerical magnitudes can be represented horizontally from left to right. Building on this knowledge, here we explored whether a similar spatial representation exists for the economic value of goods. Participants were presented with images of a reference and a target product and classified the economic value of the target as higher or lower than that of the reference (Experiments 1 and 2), or classified…
The self can be associated with novel faces of in-group and out-group members: A cross-cultural study
We explored cross-cultural associations with the self and in- and out-group faces. • Asian Japanese and White Italians were presented with Asian and White faces. • Both groups showed a self-prioritisation effect for all face types. • Implicit biases did not impact the magnitude of the self-prioritisation effect. • The self can incorporate social stimuli from different groups. The self can be associated with arbitrary images, such as geometric fig…
Stretching the limits of automated symbolic orienting
The boundary conditions of automated symbolic orienting were tested. • In four experiments uninformative arrows were used as spatial cues. • Arrow direction was either random or constant within a block of trials. • A 100% informative direction word was also employed in two experiments. • Arrow-mediated orienting of attention survived in all experiments. Arrows trigger reflexive shifts of attention and instantiate the prototypical example of autom…
Ethnicity does not matter: Comparable reversed congruency effects for gaze stimuli from same- and other-ethnicity faces
In spatial Stroop tasks with gaze stimuli, the reversed congruency effect (RCE) refers to slower responses in congruent (i.e., a gaze pointing right presented on the right side of the screen) than incongruent (i.e., a gaze pointing right presented on the left side of the screen) trials. The nature of the RCE may stem from social attention mechanisms. In line with this social account, an increasing number of studies have shown that the RCE is modu…
We are what we eat: Cross‐cultural self‐prioritization effects for food stimuli
Previous research has shown that the concept of self is malleable and can be associated with various arbitrary stimuli. This study explored whether the self could be linked to images of food representative of one's own or a different culture. We compared two groups, Italian and Japanese individuals, whose cultures are both characterized by rich and distinctive food traditions. Participants performed a perceptual matching task, associating themsel…
A direct comparison of gaze-mediated orienting elicited by schematic and real human faces
During social interactions, we tend to orient our visual attention towards the spatial location indicated by the gaze direction of others. However, modern societies are characterised by the increasing presence of facial stimuli of various natures, often schematic and pertaining to fictional entities, used in contexts such as advertisements or digital interfaces. In this study, we directly compared the impact of eye-gaze belonging to schematic and…
Investigating the reversed congruency effect of gaze through the lens of joint attention
Recent evidence has highlighted differences in attentional shifting elicited by gaze and arrow stimuli. Specifically, in a spatial Stroop task, arrows consistently produce a standard congruency effect (SCE; faster reaction times on congruent vs. incongruent trials). In contrast, averted gaze stimuli produce a reversed congruency effect (RCE; faster reaction times on incongruent vs. congruent trials). The origin of this discrepancy is still under …
Culture shapes the SNARC-like effect for visual speed
Numerical and non-numerical quantities are often mapped onto horizontal space. Previous research suggests that culture-related habits, such as reading and writing direction, can influence the orientation of this mapping. While cross-cultural differences have been observed in the spatial representation of time, similar effects have not been consistently found for numbers. This discrepancy has been attributed to the fact that reading and writing in…
Explicit and implicit spatial mapping of face age
Time is often conceptualised in spatial terms. For example, concepts such as ‘before’ and ‘after’ are frequently mapped onto the left and right sides of space, respectively. Importantly, such spatial mapping typically disappears when time is processed as a task-irrelevant dimension. In the present study, we further investigated this phenomenon using highly salient and socially relevant stimuli: human faces varying in age. We conducted two experim…
Psychology (15 works) · Cognitive psychology (14 works) · Face Recognition and Perception (12 works) · Gaze (9 works) · Visual perception and processing mechanisms (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Communication (5 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (5 works) · Cognition (4 works)