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| Title |
Cultural and Species Differences in Gazing Patterns for Marked and Decorated Objects: A Comparative Eye-Tracking Study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00006 |
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| Authors |
Cordelia Mühlenbeck, Thomas Jacobsen, Carla Pritsch, Katja Liebal |
| Abstract |
Objects from the Middle Paleolithic period colored with ochre and marked with incisions represent the beginning of non-utilitarian object manipulation in different species of the Homo genus. To investigate the visual effects caused by these markings, we compared humans who have different cultural backgrounds (Namibian hunter-gatherers and German city dwellers) to one species of non-human great apes (orangutans) with respect to their perceptions of markings on objects. We used eye-tracking to analyze their fixation patterns and the durations of their fixations on marked and unmarked stones and sticks. In an additional test, humans evaluated the objects regarding their aesthetic preferences. Our hypotheses were that colorful markings help an individual to structure the surrounding world by making certain features of the environment salient, and that aesthetic appreciation should be associated with this structuring. Our results showed that humans fixated on the marked objects longer and used them in the structural processing of the objects and their background, but did not consistently report finding them more beautiful. Orangutans, in contrast, did not distinguish between object and background in their visual processing and did not clearly fixate longer on the markings. Our results suggest that marking behavior is characteristic for humans and evolved as an attention-directing rather than aesthetic benefit. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 10% |
| Germany | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 6 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Scientists | 2 | 20% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 25 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 25 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 2 | 8% |
| Researcher | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 4 | 16% |
| Unknown | 8 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 4 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 12% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 8% |
| Philosophy | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 11 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 January 2017.
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#6,967,710
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#9,941
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#121,545
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#202
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