Direct Gaze Blurs Self-Other Boundaries.

Autor: Zhou C; a Fudan University., Jiang T; a Fudan University., Zhu L; a Fudan University.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of general psychology [J Gen Psychol] 2018 Jul-Sep; Vol. 145 (3), pp. 280-295. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Aug 28.
DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2018.1469465
Abstrakt: Self-other merging can arise not only between acquainted people but also between strangers. To date, the factors determining self-other merging between strangers remain to be elucidated. We investigate whether strangers' facial appearance (i.e. gaze direction) modulates such initial processes of self-other merging. In the two experiments, participants viewed strangers' faces whose gaze either directed to or averted from them. The extent of self-other merging was measured in terms of perception of face resemblance, Inclusion of the Other in the Self (IOS) scale, and correlations of personality judgments. We found that direct gaze blurred the self-other boundaries at both facial and conceptual levels. Participants felt a stranger who directly gazed at them to be closer and more similar to themselves about face and personality.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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