Social attention across borders

A cross-cultural investigation of gaze cueing elicited by same- and other-ethnicity faces

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ID5267769
AuthorsXinyuan Zhang (0000-0002-6061-7884, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Italy), Mario Dalmaso (0000-0003-0199-7861, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Italy, corresponding author), Lisa Castelli (0000-0002-1472-4507, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Italy), Alberto Fiorese (0000-0003-4835-8418, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Italy), Yonglong Lan (Department of Psychology and Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences Guangzhou University China), Bo Sun (0009-0007-6148-0692, Department of Psychology and Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences Guangzhou University China), Shimin Fu (0000-0002-1977-5469, Department of Psychology and Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences Guangzhou University China), Giovanni Galfano (0000-0001-5327-4062, Department of Developmental and Social Psychology University of Padova Italy)
Year2021
Volume112
Issue3
Pages741-762
Publication date2021-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12476
PMID33010036
OpenAlexW3091323705
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited59

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 the first time, the impact of faces belonging to different ethnicities on gaze cueing in Chinese participants. The results allowed to rule out alternative accounts and showed that White participants exhibit a gaze-cueing effect for White and Asian faces, but not for Black faces, consistent with previous studies. As regards Chinese participants, the overall findings suggested a stronger gaze-cueing effect for White faces than for Asian faces. The results are discussed with reference to differences in the perceived social status of the various groups, pointing to the need of taking into account different cultural contexts

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cultural diversity · Ethnic group · Face (sociological concept) · Face perception · Gaze · Linguistics · Perception · Social cognition · Social perception · White (mutation) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Face Recognition and Perception · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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