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Miller, Dillon. The effects of eye gaze on memory encoding. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3V127MX

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TitleThe effects of eye gaze on memory encoding
NameMiller, Dillon (author); van der Wel, Robrecht (chair); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2017
Other Date2017-05 (degree)
SubjectPsychology, Cognitive neuroscience, Cognition, Memory
Extent1 online resource (ii, 22 p. : ill.)
DescriptionThe purpose of the present research is to further explore the relationship between social cues and memory. In particular, the influence of eye gaze on memory was examined. This is of interest because previous work has established a link between gaze cues and attention. Here, we take this a step further and examine whether memory is also impacted by eye gaze. Participants remembered word lists presented on a computer monitor. These words were presented against a background of a human face looking away from them, looking at them, or looking at them with closed eyes. By doing so, we tested how memory was affected by its embedding in a social context. The results indicate that direct gaze increases memory performance over averted gaze when tested through a recognition test. For recall, memory instead was best for words presented on a face with closed eyes. Thus, social context differentially affects memory for different depths of processing. These results are important because they further the literature for the effects of social cues on memory processing.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Noteby Dillon Miller
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3V127MX
Languageeng
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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