Eye contact perception in the West and East: a cross-cultural study.

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  • Author(s): Uono S;Uono S; Hietanen JK; Hietanen JK
  • Source:
    PloS one [PLoS One] 2015 Feb 25; Vol. 10 (2), pp. e0118094. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 25 (Print Publication: 2015).
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
    • Subject Terms:
      Cross-Cultural Comparison* ; Culture* ; Fixation, Ocular* ; Visual Perception*; Adolescent ; Adult ; Asian People ; Emotions ; Facial Expression ; Female ; Finland ; Humans ; Japan ; Male ; Photic Stimulation ; Reaction Time ; White People ; Young Adult
    • Abstract:
      This study investigated whether eye contact perception differs in people with different cultural backgrounds. Finnish (European) and Japanese (East Asian) participants were asked to determine whether Finnish and Japanese neutral faces with various gaze directions were looking at them. Further, participants rated the face stimuli for emotion and other affect-related dimensions. The results indicated that Finnish viewers had a smaller bias toward judging slightly averted gazes as directed at them when judging Finnish rather than Japanese faces, while the bias of Japanese viewers did not differ between faces from their own and other cultural backgrounds. This may be explained by Westerners experiencing more eye contact in their daily life leading to larger visual experience of gaze perception generally, and to more accurate perception of eye contact with people from their own cultural background particularly. The results also revealed cultural differences in the perception of emotion from neutral faces that could also contribute to the bias in eye contact perception.
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    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20150226 Date Completed: 20160118 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      PMC4340785
    • Accession Number:
      10.1371/journal.pone.0118094
    • Accession Number:
      25714900