Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures

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dc.contributor.authorHortensius, Ruuden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Honk, Jacken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Gelder, Beatriceen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTerburg, Daviden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-10T14:49:38Z
dc.date.available2015-11-10T14:49:38Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIt has been shown that dominant individuals sustain eye-contact when non-consciously confronted with angry faces, suggesting reflexive mechanisms underlying dominance behaviors. However, dominance and submission can be conveyed and provoked by means of not only facial but also bodily features. So far few studies have investigated the interplay of body postures with personality traits and behavior, despite the biological relevance and ecological validity of these postures. Here we investigate whether non-conscious exposure to bodily expressions of anger evokes reflex-like dominance behavior. In an interactive eye-tracking experiment thirty-two participants completed three social dominance tasks with angry, happy and neutral facial, bodily and face and body compound expressions that were masked from consciousness. We confirmed our predictions of slower gaze-aversion from both non-conscious bodily and compound expressions of anger compared to happiness in high dominant individuals. Results from a follow-up experiment suggest that the dominance behavior triggered by exposure to bodily anger occurs with basic detection of the category, but not recognition of the emotional content. Together these results suggest that dominant staring behavior is reflexively driven by non-conscious perception of the emotional content and triggered by not only facial but also bodily expression of anger.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHortensius, R., Van Honk, J., De Gelder, B., & Terburg, D. (2014). Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHortensius, Ruud, Jack Van Honk, Beatrice De Gelder, and David Terburg "Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures." <i>PLoS One</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHortensius, R., van Honk, J., de Gelder, B., & Terburg, D. (2014). Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures. PloS one, 9(12), e116232. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116232en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Hortensius, Ruud AU - Van Honk, Jack AU - De Gelder, Beatrice AU - Terburg, David AB - It has been shown that dominant individuals sustain eye-contact when non-consciously confronted with angry faces, suggesting reflexive mechanisms underlying dominance behaviors. However, dominance and submission can be conveyed and provoked by means of not only facial but also bodily features. So far few studies have investigated the interplay of body postures with personality traits and behavior, despite the biological relevance and ecological validity of these postures. Here we investigate whether non-conscious exposure to bodily expressions of anger evokes reflex-like dominance behavior. In an interactive eye-tracking experiment thirty-two participants completed three social dominance tasks with angry, happy and neutral facial, bodily and face and body compound expressions that were masked from consciousness. We confirmed our predictions of slower gaze-aversion from both non-conscious bodily and compound expressions of anger compared to happiness in high dominant individuals. Results from a follow-up experiment suggest that the dominance behavior triggered by exposure to bodily anger occurs with basic detection of the category, but not recognition of the emotional content. Together these results suggest that dominant staring behavior is reflexively driven by non-conscious perception of the emotional content and triggered by not only facial but also bodily expression of anger. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0116232 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures TI - Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116232
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHortensius R, Van Honk J, De Gelder B, Terburg D. Trait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body postures. PLoS One. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14843.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry and Mental Healthen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2014 Hortensius et alen_ZA
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dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
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dc.subject.otherPersonality traitsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAnimal signaling and communicationen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTestosteroneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherBehavioral ecologyen_ZA
dc.titleTrait dominance promotes reflexive staring at masked angry body posturesen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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