In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger

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dc.contributor.authorTerburg, Daviden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAarts, Henken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorPutman, Peteren_ZA
dc.contributor.authorvan Honk, Jacken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-16T04:13:22Z
dc.date.available2015-11-16T04:13:22Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe gaze of a fearful face silently signals a potential threat's location, while the happy-gaze communicates the location of impending reward. Imitating such gaze-shifts is an automatic form of social interaction that promotes survival of individual and group. Evidence from gaze-cueing studies suggests that covert allocation of attention to another individual's gaze-direction is facilitated when threat is communicated and further enhanced by trait anxiety. We used novel eye-tracking techniques to assess whether dynamic fearful and happy facial expressions actually facilitate automatic gaze-imitation. We show that this actual gaze-imitation effect is stronger when threat is signaled, but not further enhanced by trait anxiety. Instead, trait anger predicts facilitated gaze-imitation to reward, and to reward compared to threat. These results agree with an increasing body of evidence on trait anger sensitivity to reward.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTerburg, D., Aarts, H., Putman, P., & van Honk, J. (2012). In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15030en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTerburg, David, Henk Aarts, Peter Putman, and Jack van Honk "In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger." <i>PLoS One</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15030en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTerburg, D., Aarts, H., Putman, P., & Van Honk, J. (2012). In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger. PloS one, 7(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031373en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Terburg, David AU - Aarts, Henk AU - Putman, Peter AU - van Honk, Jack AB - The gaze of a fearful face silently signals a potential threat's location, while the happy-gaze communicates the location of impending reward. Imitating such gaze-shifts is an automatic form of social interaction that promotes survival of individual and group. Evidence from gaze-cueing studies suggests that covert allocation of attention to another individual's gaze-direction is facilitated when threat is communicated and further enhanced by trait anxiety. We used novel eye-tracking techniques to assess whether dynamic fearful and happy facial expressions actually facilitate automatic gaze-imitation. We show that this actual gaze-imitation effect is stronger when threat is signaled, but not further enhanced by trait anxiety. Instead, trait anger predicts facilitated gaze-imitation to reward, and to reward compared to threat. These results agree with an increasing body of evidence on trait anger sensitivity to reward. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0031373 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger TI - In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15030 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15030
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031373
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTerburg D, Aarts H, Putman P, van Honk J. In the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait anger. PLoS One. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15030.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© 2012 Terburg et alen_ZA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_ZA
dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherFearen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAnxietyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherFaceen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEmotionsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAmygdalaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEye movementsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherEyesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherAnimal signaling and communicationen_ZA
dc.titleIn the eye of the beholder: Reduced threat-bias and increased gaze-imitation towards reward in relation to trait angeren_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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