Social phobics do not see eye to eye: A visual scanpath study of emotional expression processing
Social phobics do not see eye to eye: A visual scanpath study of emotional expression processing
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DOI：
10.1016/s0887-6185(02)00180-9
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
影响因子：
10.3
通讯作者：
Gordon, E
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作者：
Horley, K;Williams, LM;Gordon, E
临床观察表明，社交恐惧症的特征是在社交互动中回避眼睛，反映了过度的社交敏感性。这些报告与社交恐惧症的认知模型一致，强调人际处理偏见的作用。然而，这些观察结果尚未得到经验验证，也没有眼睛回避的心理生理学基础进行了检查。这是第一个研究使用客观的心理生理标记的视觉注意（视觉扫描路径），直接检查社交恐惧症的主题如何处理人际（面部表情）刺激。用红外角膜反射技术记录了15名社交恐怖症患者和15名年龄、性别匹配的正常对照者对中性、快乐和悲伤面孔刺激的视觉扫描路径。与对照组相比，社交恐惧症受试者表现出回避面部特征，特别是眼睛，但广泛扫描非特征。这些发现表明，积极回避显著面部特征的注意策略是社交恐惧症中人际线索的重要标志。因此，视觉扫描路径证据可能对临床干预具有重要意义。(C)2002年爱思唯尔科技有限公司All rights reserved.
Clinical observation suggests that social phobia is characterised by eye avoidance in social interaction, reflecting an exaggerated social sensitivity. These reports are consistent with cognitive models of social phobia that emphasize the role of interpersonal processing biases. Yet, these observations have not been verified empirically, nor has the psychophysiological basis of eye avoidance been examined. This is the first study to use an objective psychophysiological marker of visual attention (the visual scanpath) to examine directly how social phobia subjects process interpersonal (facial expression) stimuli. An infra-red corneal reflection technique was used to record visual scanpaths in response to neutral, happy and sad face stimuli in 15 subjects with social phobia, and 15 age and sex-matched normal controls. The social phobia subjects showed an avoidance of facial features, particularly the eyes, but extensive scanning of non-features, compared with the controls. These findings suggest that attentional strategies for the active avoidance of salient facial features are an important marker of interpersonal cues in social phobia. Visual scanpath evidence may, therefore, have important implications for clinical intervention. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.