Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues

Tipples, Jason, , & Mayes, Angela (2013) Electrophysiological responses to violations of expectation from eye gaze and arrow cues. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 8(5), pp. 509-514.

Open access copy at publisher website

Description

Isolating processes within the brain that are specific to human behavior is a key goal for social neuroscience. The current research was an attempt to test whether recent findings of enhanced negative ERPs in response to unexpected human gaze are unique to eye gaze stimuli by comparing the effects of gaze cues with the effects of an arrow cue. ERPs were recorded while participants (N¼30) observed a virtual actor or an arrow that gazed (or pointed) either toward (object congruent) or away from (object incongruent) a flashing checkerboard. An enhanced negative ERP (N300) in response to object incongruent compared to object congruent trials was recorded for both eye gaze and arrow stimuli. The findings are interpreted as reflecting a domain general mechanism for detecting unexpected events.

Impact and interest:

16 citations in Scopus
15 citations in Web of Science®
Search Google Scholar™

Citation counts are sourced monthly from Scopus and Web of Science® citation databases.

These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards.

Citations counts from the Google Scholar™ indexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search.

Full-text downloads:

153 since deposited on 05 Nov 2014
12 in the past twelve months

Full-text downloads displays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one.

ID Code: 77422
Item Type: Contribution to Journal (Journal Article)
Refereed: Yes
Measurements or Duration: 6 pages
Keywords: ERP, eye gaze, face perception, high-density ERP, theory of mind
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss024
ISSN: 1749-5024
Pure ID: 32591363
Divisions: Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Health
Current > Schools > School of Psychology & Counselling
Copyright Owner: Consult author(s) regarding copyright matters
Copyright Statement: This work is covered by copyright. Unless the document is being made available under a Creative Commons Licence, you must assume that re-use is limited to personal use and that permission from the copyright owner must be obtained for all other uses. If the document is available under a Creative Commons License (or other specified license) then refer to the Licence for details of permitted re-use. It is a condition of access that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. If you believe that this work infringes copyright please provide details by email to qut.copyright@qut.edu.au
Deposited On: 05 Nov 2014 23:10
Last Modified: 01 Mar 2024 14:05