Contrapposto posture captures visual attention: An online gaze tracking experiment

IF 1.7 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

VISUAL COGNITION Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI:10.1080/13506285.2023.2213904

O. Jacobs, F. Pazhoohi, A. Kingstone

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Goddesses of love and beauty are frequently depicted in artwork in a contrapposto posture with one leg relaxing while the other bears the weight. Previous research has indicated that compared to an upright standing pose, a contrapposto pose is considered more attractive with its curviness capturing greater visual attention. Yet, whether a body posed in contrapposto is generally more visually attention-grabbing than an upright body remains unknown. We sought to address this gap and also examined if individual differences in sociosexuality – individual differences in willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations – influence attentional allocation. Online gaze-tracking was employed to monitor subjects (n = 71) during image presentation in a preferential looking design (contrapposto verse standing). Participants had a greater proportion of their gaze directed towards female bodies depicted in contrapposto pose compared to a standing posture over an extended period of time but not in the first gaze shift. Moreover, sociosexuality correlated positively with the proportion of gazes towards contrapposto stimuli but fell short of statistical significance. The results of the current study indicate that top-down factors play a role in how people allocate more attention to contrapposto poses.

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反对方姿势吸引视觉注意力：一项在线凝视跟踪实验

艺术作品中经常描绘爱与美的女神们，她们的姿势是一种精巧的姿势，一条腿放松，另一条腿承受重量。先前的研究表明，与直立姿势相比，对位姿势被认为更具吸引力，因为它的曲线吸引了更多的视觉注意力。然而，一个身体摆出的姿势是否比一个直立的身体在视觉上更吸引眼球，目前还不得而知。我们试图解决这一差距，并研究了社会性行为的个体差异——参与非承诺性关系的意愿的个体差异是否会影响注意力分配。采用在线注视跟踪来监测受试者（n = 71）在图像呈现期间以优选的外观设计（对位诗站立）。在较长的一段时间内，与站姿相比，参与者的目光更大比例地指向以对位姿势描绘的女性身体，但在第一次目光转移中没有。此外，社会性行为与凝视对位刺激的比例呈正相关，但缺乏统计学意义。目前的研究结果表明，自上而下的因素在人们如何将更多注意力分配给对位姿势方面发挥了作用。

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VISUAL COGNITION PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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4.20

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： Visual Cognition publishes new empirical research that increases theoretical understanding of human visual cognition. Studies may be concerned with any aspect of visual cognition such as object, face, and scene recognition; visual attention and search; short-term and long-term visual memory; visual word recognition and reading; eye movement control and active vision; and visual imagery. The journal is devoted to research at the interface of visual perception and cognition and does not typically publish papers in areas of perception or psychophysics that are covered by the many publication outlets for those topics.