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Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology
Humans show a robust tendency to look at faces in images, but also differ consistently in the strength of this attentional preference. Previous research remained inconclusive as to how a stronger face preference may be indicative of an individual’s personality or clinical characteristics. Here we in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36791081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280427 |
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author | Rubo, Marius Käthner, Ivo Munsch, Simone |
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description | Humans show a robust tendency to look at faces in images, but also differ consistently in the strength of this attentional preference. Previous research remained inconclusive as to how a stronger face preference may be indicative of an individual’s personality or clinical characteristics. Here we investigated face preferences in 120 participants (primarily drawn from a student population) who freely viewed photos in an internet browser showing a person in the context of a visually rich environment while attention was assessed using a cursor-based technique. Participants differed consistently in the strength of their face preference across images. A stronger preference for faces was correlated positively with openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness and empathizing and was correlated negatively with social anxiety, depression levels and alexithymia. Trait measures were linked through a strong common factor which was additionally correlated with face preference. We conclude that face preferences may be linked to personality traits and to psychopathology but that an attribution to a specific facet of psychopathology may not be warranted. Future research should investigate links between face preferences and personality features in more diverse samples and across differing social situations. |
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spelling | pubmed-99311572023-02-16 Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology Rubo, Marius Käthner, Ivo Munsch, Simone PLoS One Research Article Humans show a robust tendency to look at faces in images, but also differ consistently in the strength of this attentional preference. Previous research remained inconclusive as to how a stronger face preference may be indicative of an individual’s personality or clinical characteristics. Here we investigated face preferences in 120 participants (primarily drawn from a student population) who freely viewed photos in an internet browser showing a person in the context of a visually rich environment while attention was assessed using a cursor-based technique. Participants differed consistently in the strength of their face preference across images. A stronger preference for faces was correlated positively with openness to experience, extraversion, agreeableness and empathizing and was correlated negatively with social anxiety, depression levels and alexithymia. Trait measures were linked through a strong common factor which was additionally correlated with face preference. We conclude that face preferences may be linked to personality traits and to psychopathology but that an attribution to a specific facet of psychopathology may not be warranted. Future research should investigate links between face preferences and personality features in more diverse samples and across differing social situations. Public Library of Science 2023-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9931157/ /pubmed/36791081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280427 Text en © 2023 Rubo et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Rubo, Marius Käthner, Ivo Munsch, Simone Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title | Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title_full | Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title_fullStr | Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title_full_unstemmed | Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title_short | Attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
title_sort | attention to faces in images is associated with personality and psychopathology |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9931157/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36791081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280427 |
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