The Cone of Direct Gaze: A Stable Trait

Lobmaier, Janek S.; Savic, Branislav; Baumgartner, Thomas; Knoch, Daria (2021). The Cone of Direct Gaze: A Stable Trait. Frontiers in psychology, 12 Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682395

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Direct eye gaze is a potent stimulus in social interactions and is often associated with interest and approach orientation. Yet, there is remarkable variability in the range of gaze lines that people accept as being direct. A measure that is frequently used to quantify the range of gaze angles within which an observer assumes mutual gaze is the cone of direct gaze (CoDG). While individual differences in CoDG have often been examined, studies that systematically investigate the stability of an observers' CoDG over time are scarce. In two experiments, we measured the CoDG using an established paradigm and repeated the measurement after 5 min and/or after 1 week. We found high inter-individual variation, but high agreement within participants (ICCs between 0.649 and 0.855). We conclude that the CoDG can be seen as a rather stable measure, much like a personality trait.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Weitere Forschungsgruppen

UniBE Contributor:

Lobmaier, Janek Simon, Savic, Branislav, Baumgartner, Thomas, Knoch, Daria

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

ISSN:

1664-1078

Publisher:

Frontiers Research Foundation

Language:

English

Submitter:

Janek Simon Lobmaier

Date Deposited:

13 Jul 2021 16:31

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:35

Publisher DOI:

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.682395

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/157505

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/157505

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