TY - JOUR
T1 - Deliberative process in sharing information with different audiences
T2 - Eye-tracking correlates
AU - Martín-Luengo, Beatriz
AU - Myachykov, Andriy
AU - Shtyrov, Yury
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work is an output of a research project implemented as part of the Basic Research Program at the HSE University and has been carried out using HSE unique equipment (Reg. num 354937). This study used the HSE Synchronous Eye-tracking, Brain Signal Recording, and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation System.
Publisher Copyright:
© Experimental Psychology Society 2021.
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Research on conversational pragmatics demonstrates how interlocutors tailor the information they share depending on the audience. Previous research showed that, in informal contexts, speakers often provide several alternative answers, whereas in formal contexts, they tend to give only a single answer; however, the psychological underpinnings of these effects remain obscure. To investigate this answer selection process, we measured participants’ eye movements in different experimentally modelled social contexts. Participants answered general knowledge questions by providing responses with either single (one) or plural (three) alternatives. Then, a formal (job interview) or informal (conversation with friends) context was presented and participants decided either to report or withdraw their responses after considering the given social context. Growth curve analysis on the eye movements indicates that the selected response option attracted more eye movements. There was a discrepancy between the answer selection likelihood and the proportion of fixations to the corresponding option—but only in the formal context. These findings support a more elaborate decision-making processes in formal contexts. They also suggest that eye movements do not necessarily accompany the options considered in the decision-making processes.
AB - Research on conversational pragmatics demonstrates how interlocutors tailor the information they share depending on the audience. Previous research showed that, in informal contexts, speakers often provide several alternative answers, whereas in formal contexts, they tend to give only a single answer; however, the psychological underpinnings of these effects remain obscure. To investigate this answer selection process, we measured participants’ eye movements in different experimentally modelled social contexts. Participants answered general knowledge questions by providing responses with either single (one) or plural (three) alternatives. Then, a formal (job interview) or informal (conversation with friends) context was presented and participants decided either to report or withdraw their responses after considering the given social context. Growth curve analysis on the eye movements indicates that the selected response option attracted more eye movements. There was a discrepancy between the answer selection likelihood and the proportion of fixations to the corresponding option—but only in the formal context. These findings support a more elaborate decision-making processes in formal contexts. They also suggest that eye movements do not necessarily accompany the options considered in the decision-making processes.
KW - confidence
KW - Conversational pragmatics
KW - eye-tracking
KW - memory reporting
KW - social contexts
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U2 - 10.1177/17470218211047437
DO - 10.1177/17470218211047437
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34499017
AN - SCOPUS:85116840885
SN - 1747-0218
VL - 75
SP - 730
EP - 741
JO - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
JF - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
IS - 4
ER -