Eye tracking is used in social psychology to measure how human behavior is influenced by social context.
Revealing a subject's pattern of attention in social situations helps researchers understand the impact of visual impact on thoughts and behavior.
Eye tracking is an important tool in studying:
Researchers from University of Chicago used eye tracking to evaluate social attention in two different cultural populations, urban North American participants, and rural Yucatec Mayan participants. To the researchers' knowledge, it is the first attempt to use eye tracking methods to quantify cultural variation in social attention. Read more
Studies show that people with social anxiety pay more attention to negative facial expressions. An eye tracking study confirmed this theory and also revealed that training people to focus on positive stimuli can lead to a reduction in this bias. Read more
Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin used eye tracking in a study that revealed the incidence of negativity biases among different cultures by testing reactions to facial expressions. Read more
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