The role of cognitive load in modulating social looking: A mobile eye tracking study.
| dc.contributor.author | Bianchi, L. J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kingstone, A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Risko, E. F. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-19T18:12:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-19T18:12:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
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| dc.description.abstract | The effect of cognitive load on social attention was examined across three experiments in a live pedestrian passing scenario (Experiments 1 and 2) and with the same scenario presented as a video (Experiment 3). In all three experiments, the load was manipulated using an auditory 2-back task. While the participant was wearing a mobile eye-tracker, the participant’s fixation behavior toward a confederate was recorded and analyzed based on temporal proximity from the confederate (near or far) and the specific regions of the confederate being observed (i.e., head or body). In Experiment 1 we demonstrated an effect of cognitive load such that there was a lower proportion of fixations and time spent fixating toward the confederate in the load condition. A similar pattern of results was found in Experiment 2 when a within-subject design was used. In Experiment 3, which employed a less authentic social situation (i.e., video), a similar effect of cognitive load was observed. Collectively, these results suggest attentional resources play a central role in social attentional behaviors in both authentic (real-world) and less authentic (video recorded) situations. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Grant || Canada Research Chairs Program || Canadian Foundation for Innovation || Ontario Research Fund | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00242-5 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10012/21877 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications; 5(1) | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | social attention | |
| dc.subject | cognitive load | |
| dc.subject | eye-tracking | |
| dc.subject | gaze | |
| dc.subject | pedestrian passing | |
| dc.title | The role of cognitive load in modulating social looking: A mobile eye tracking study. | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Bianchi, L. J., Kingstone, A., & Risko, E. F. (2020). The role of cognitive load in modulating social looking: A Mobile Eye Tracking Study. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00242-5 | |
| uws.contributor.affiliation1 | Faculty of Arts | |
| uws.contributor.affiliation2 | Psychology | |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Reviewed | |
| uws.scholarLevel | Faculty | |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |