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Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention

During evolution, humans have formed a priority perceptual preference for others’ gazes. The gaze direction of others is called the gaze cue, conveying environmental information, a critical non-verbal communication in early humans. Recently, empirical evidence has indicated that gaze cues can affect...

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Autor principal: Yin, Xiyang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312084
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036530
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description During evolution, humans have formed a priority perceptual preference for others’ gazes. The gaze direction of others is called the gaze cue, conveying environmental information, a critical non-verbal communication in early humans. Recently, empirical evidence has indicated that gaze cues can affect high-level cognitive processes, such as memory. Unlike non-social cues (e.g., arrows), gaze cues elicit special social attention. Research determining the underlying mechanisms suggests that social intention influences observers’ visual attention and influences their memory. This article provides a brief review of the current state of research on the relationship between gaze cues and memory. Future studies should focus on multiple gaze cues, the social nature of gaze cues, and clinical research.
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spelling pubmed-96143442022-10-29 Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention Yin, Xiyang Front Psychol Psychology During evolution, humans have formed a priority perceptual preference for others’ gazes. The gaze direction of others is called the gaze cue, conveying environmental information, a critical non-verbal communication in early humans. Recently, empirical evidence has indicated that gaze cues can affect high-level cognitive processes, such as memory. Unlike non-social cues (e.g., arrows), gaze cues elicit special social attention. Research determining the underlying mechanisms suggests that social intention influences observers’ visual attention and influences their memory. This article provides a brief review of the current state of research on the relationship between gaze cues and memory. Future studies should focus on multiple gaze cues, the social nature of gaze cues, and clinical research. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9614344/ /pubmed/36312084 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036530 Text en Copyright © 2022 Yin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention
title Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention
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title_fullStr Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention
title_full_unstemmed Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention
title_short Influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: The function and evolution of social attention
title_sort influences of eye gaze cues on memory and its mechanisms: the function and evolution of social attention
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36312084
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036530
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