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Personality Traits Do Not Predict How We Look at Faces

Harrison, C; Binetti, N; Coutrot, A; Johnston, A; Mareschal, I; (2018) Personality Traits Do Not Predict How We Look at Faces. Perception , 47 (9) pp. 976-984. 10.1177/0301006618788754. Green open access

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Abstract

While personality has typically been considered to influence gaze behaviour, literature relating to the topic is mixed. Previously, we found no evidence of self-reported personality traits on preferred gaze duration between a participant and a person looking at them via a video. In this study, 77 of the original participants answered an in-depth follow-up survey containing a more comprehensive assessment of personality traits (Big Five Inventory) than was initially used, to check whether earlier findings were caused by the personality measure being too coarse. In addition to preferred mutual gaze duration, we also examined two other factors linked to personality traits: number of blinks and total fixation duration in the eye region of observed faces. No significant correlations were found between any of these measures and participant personality traits. We suggest that effects previously reported in the literature may stem from contextual differences or modulation of arousal.

Type: Article
Title: Personality Traits Do Not Predict How We Look at Faces
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0301006618788754
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177/0301006618788754
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: eye movements, face perception, individual differences, temporal processing
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10058558
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