Who is looking at me? The cone of gaze widens in social phobia

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Journal article
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Autoren
  • Matthias Gamer
  • Heiko Hecht
  • Nina Seipp
  • Wolfgang Hiller
Autoren-URL
https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000290405500017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL
DOI
10.1080/02699931.2010.503117
eISSN
1464-0600
Externe Identifier
  • Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: 761NU
  • PubMed Identifier: 21547777
ISSN
0269-9931
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
COGNITION & EMOTION
Schlüsselwörter
  • Social phobia
  • Gaze perception
  • Eye contact
  • Head orientation
  • Gaze cone
Artikelnummer
PII 927613146
Paginierung
756 - 764
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2011
Status
Published
Titel
Who is looking at me? The cone of gaze widens in social phobia
Sub types
  • Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

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Autoren
  • Matthias Gamer
  • Heiko Hecht
  • Nina Seipp
  • Wolfgang Hiller
DOI
10.1080/02699931.2010.503117
eISSN
1464-0600
ISSN
0269-9931
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
Cognition & Emotion
Sprache
en
Paginierung
756 - 764
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2011
Status
Published
Herausgeber
Informa UK Limited
Herausgeber URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2010.503117
Datum der Datenerfassung
2019
Titel
Who is looking at me? The cone of gaze widens in social phobia
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

Data source: Crossref

Abstract
Gaze direction is an important cue that regulates social interactions and facilitates joint attention. Although humans are very accurate in determining gaze directions in general, they have a surprisingly liberal criterion for the presence of mutual gaze. Using an established psychophysical task that required observers to adjust the eyes of a virtual head to the margins of the area of mutual gaze, we examined whether the resulting cone of gaze is altered in people with social phobia. It turned out that during presence of a second virtual person, the gaze cone's width was specifically enlarged in patients with social phobia as compared to healthy controls. The size of this effect was correlated with the severity of social anxiety. As this effect was found for merely virtual lookers, it seems to be a fundamental mechanism rather than a specific effect related to the fear of being observed and evaluated by others.
Addresses
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. m.gamer@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Autoren
  • Matthias Gamer
  • Heiko Hecht
  • Nina Seipp
  • Wolfgang Hiller
DOI
10.1080/02699931.2010.503117
eISSN
1464-0600
Externe Identifier
  • PubMed Identifier: 21547777
Open access
false
ISSN
0269-9931
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
Cognition & emotion
Schlüsselwörter
  • Head
  • Eye
  • Humans
  • Eye Movements
  • Cues
  • Visual Perception
  • Attention
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Male
Sprache
eng
Medium
Print
Paginierung
756 - 764
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2011
Status
Published
Datum der Datenerfassung
2011
Titel
Who is looking at me? The cone of gaze widens in social phobia.
Sub types
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Journal Article
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

Data source: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract
Gaze direction is an important cue that regulates social interactions and facilitates joint attention. Although humans are very accurate in determining gaze directions in general, they have a surprisingly liberal criterion for the presence of mutual gaze. Using an established psychophysical task that required observers to adjust the eyes of a virtual head to the margins of the area of mutual gaze, we examined whether the resulting cone of gaze is altered in people with social phobia. It turned out that during presence of a second virtual person, the gaze cone's width was specifically enlarged in patients with social phobia as compared to healthy controls. The size of this effect was correlated with the severity of social anxiety. As this effect was found for merely virtual lookers, it seems to be a fundamental mechanism rather than a specific effect related to the fear of being observed and evaluated by others.
Autoren
  • Matthias Gamer
  • Heiko Hecht
  • Nina Seipp
  • Wolfgang Hiller
Autoren-URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21547777
DOI
10.1080/02699931.2010.503117
eISSN
1464-0600
Ausgabe der Veröffentlichung
4
Zeitschrift
Cogn Emot
Schlüsselwörter
  • Adult
  • Attention
  • Cues
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Female
  • Head
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Phobic Disorders
  • Visual Perception
Sprache
eng
Country
England
Paginierung
756 - 764
PII
927613146
Datum der Veröffentlichung
2011
Status
Published
Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde
2011
Titel
Who is looking at me? The cone of gaze widens in social phobia.
Sub types
  • Journal Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Ausgabe der Zeitschrift
25

Data source: PubMed

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