Attention to Eye Contact in the West and East: Autonomic Responses and Evaluative Ratings

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 3; p. e59312
• Main Authors: Akechi, Hironori, Senju, Atsushi, Uibo, Helen, Kikuchi, Yukiko, Hasegawa, Toshikazu, Hietanen, Jari K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.03.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Arousal; Asian people; Behavior; Behavioral sciences; Brain research; Correlation analysis; Cultural contact; Cultural differences; Culture; Culture contact; Deceleration; Differential display; Emotions; Emotions - physiology; Eye; Eye contact; Face recognition; Facial Expression; Female; Fixation, Ocular - physiology; Heart rate; Humans; Japanese culture; Laboratories; Male; Medicine; Norms; Ratings; Ratings & rankings; Responses; Sex discrimination; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Social aspects; Social behavior; Social interaction; Social norms; Visual Perception - physiology; Young Adult; Japan

Eye contact has a fundamental role in human social interaction. The special appearance of the human eye (i.e., white sclera contrasted with a coloured iris) implies the importance of detecting another person's face through eye contact. Empirical studies have demonstrated that faces making eye c...