Gaze following in multiagent contexts: Evidence for a quorum-like principle

Capozzi, Francesca, Bayliss, Andrew P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4810-7758 and Ristic, Jelena (2018) Gaze following in multiagent contexts: Evidence for a quorum-like principle. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25 (6). 2260–2266. ISSN 1069-9384

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Abstract

Research shows that humans spontaneously follow another individual’s gaze. However, little remains known on how they respond when multiple gaze cues diverge across members of a social group. To address this question, we presented participants with displays depicting three (Experiment 1) or five (Experiment 2) agents showing diverging social cues. In a three-person group, one individual looking at the target (33% of the group) was sufficient to elicit gaze-facilitated target responses. With a five-person group, however, three individuals looking at the target (60% of the group) were necessary to produce the same effect. Gaze following in small groups therefore appears to be based on a quorum-like principle, whereby the critical level of social information needed for gaze following is determined by a proportion of consistent social cues scaled as a function of group size. As group size grows, greater agreement is needed to evoke joint attention.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	gaze cuing,joint attention,small groups,social influence,socially acquired information
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Social Cognition Research Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Cognition, Action and Perception
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	28 Mar 2018 11:30
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2023 02:31
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/66624
DOI:	10.3758/s13423-018-1464-3

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