Treinen, Evelyne
[UCL]
Corneille, Olivier
[UCL]
Recent studies showed that stimuli are evaluated more favorably when perceived to capture others' attention (e.g. Bayliss, Paul, Cannon, & Tipper, 2006). Are these mimetic desires independent of the observer-target relationship? We will present two studies manipulating this relationship and examining the underlying mechanisms of mimetic desires. In study 1, a trustworthy and an untrustworthy face (Oosterhof & Todorov, 2008) were associated with neutral art paintings. The two faces turned their attention towards one of the paintings and away from another one, respectively. Mimetic desire effects were obtained for trustworthy faces but reversed for untrustworthy faces. In study 2, participants played “Cyberball” (Williams & Jarvis, 2006) before being exposed to a neutral target face looking at two paintings and away from two others. Mimetic desires were found in the exclusion condition but not in the inclusion condition. Implications of these findings for social and affective learning processes will be discussed.
Bibliographic reference |
Treinen, Evelyne ; Corneille, Olivier. Shall I rel-eye upon you? : the role of the observer-target relationship inmimetic desires.Nonverbal Behavior Preconference, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (New Orleans, LA, USA, 17/01/2013). |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/136918 |