“No man is an island”: Effects of interpersonal proximity on spatial attention

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dc.contributor.authorSzpak, A.
dc.contributor.authorNicholls, M.E.R.
dc.contributor.authorThomas, N.A.
dc.contributor.authorLaham, S.M.
dc.contributor.authorLoetscher, T.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWhile it is generally acknowledged that another person's presence can influence how we behave within our environment, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying this influence is limited. Three experiments investigated the effect of social presence on the lateral distribution of spatial attention. Shifts in spatial attention were measured using line bisection, while participants sat in each other's personal space. An attentional withdrawal was observed, whereby attention moved away from the other person when the same task was using turn-taking (Experiment 1) and independent responding (Experiment 2) paradigms. When participant pairs engaged in different tasks (Experiment 3), attentional withdrawal was no longer observed. Our results strongly suggest that the influence of interpersonal proximity on attention merits greater consideration than it has received from researchers investigating social effects on cognition.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityAncrêt Szpak, Michael E.R. Nicholls, Nicole A. Thomas, Simon M. Laham, and Tobias Loetscher
dc.identifier.citationCognitive Neuroscience, 2016; 7(1-4):45-54
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17588928.2015.1048677
dc.identifier.issn1758-8928
dc.identifier.issn1758-8936
dc.identifier.orcidSzpak, A. [0000-0001-5646-8778]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/139634
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP130100541
dc.rights© 2015 Taylor & Francis
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2015.1048677
dc.subjectJoint action; Social proximity; Spatial attention; Line bisection.
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshPersonal Space
dc.subject.meshInterpersonal Relations
dc.subject.meshSpace Perception
dc.subject.meshAttention
dc.subject.meshAdolescent
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshYoung Adult
dc.title“No man is an island”: Effects of interpersonal proximity on spatial attention
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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