Visual encoding of social cues predicts sociomoral reasoning
| Autor: | Marie Maxime Lavallée, Mathieu Garon, Miriam H. Beauchamp, Evelyn Vera Estay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Eye Movements Vision Physiology Visual System Sensory Physiology Emotions lcsh:Medicine Social Sciences Thinking Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Psychology lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary 05 social sciences Information processing Sensory Systems Social Perception Visual Perception Female Sensory Perception Cues Anatomy Information Technology Research Article Cognitive psychology Adult Computer and Information Sciences Adolescent Ocular Anatomy Decision Making Context (language use) Morals 050105 experimental psychology Social Skills Social information processing Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Social skills Ocular System Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences lcsh:R Cognitive Psychology Information Processing Biology and Life Sciences Pupil Reasoning Social cue Cognitive Science Eye tracking lcsh:Q 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Neuroscience Social behavior |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 7, p e0201099 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0201099 |
| Popis: | As the first step of social information processing, visual encoding underlies the interpretation of social cues. Faces, in particular, convey a large amount of affective information, which can be subsequently used in the planning and production of adaptive social behaviors. Sociomoral reasoning is a specific social skill that is associated with engagement in appropriate social behaviors when faced with dilemmas. Previous studies using eye tracking suggest that visual encoding may play an important role in decision-making when individuals are faced with extreme moral dilemmas, but it is not known if this is generalizable to everyday situations. The main objective of this study was to assess the contribution of visual encoding to everyday sociomoral reasoning using eye tracking and ecological visual dilemmas. Participants completed the SocioMoral Reasoning Aptitude Level (SoMoral) task while their eye movements and pupil dilation were recorded. While visual encoding was not a predictor of sociomoral decision-making, sociomoral maturity was predicted by fixation count. Thus, in an ecological context, visual encoding of social cues appears to be associated with sociomoral maturity: the production of a justification is associated with volitional encoding strategies. Implications with regards to the dual-process theory of sociomoral reasoning and social information processing are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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