Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown

Summary: Affiliation with others is a basic human need. The lockdown implemented for counteracting the COVID-19 pandemic has determined an unprecedented situation of social deprivation, forcing individuals to dramatically reduce face-to-face interactions. This, in turn, has caused relevant consequen...

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Autores principales:	Mario Dalmaso, Luigi Castelli, Giovanni Galfano
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Cognitive neuroscience Psychology Social interaction Social sciences Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ce7b9f20be944f06ab55fd825a6655262021-11-20T05:09:18ZIncreased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown2589-004210.1016/j.isci.2021.103283https://doaj.org/article/ce7b9f20be944f06ab55fd825a6655262021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221012529https://doaj.org/toc/2589-0042Summary: Affiliation with others is a basic human need. The lockdown implemented for counteracting the COVID-19 pandemic has determined an unprecedented situation of social deprivation, forcing individuals to dramatically reduce face-to-face interactions. This, in turn, has caused relevant consequences on psychological well-being. However, the impact of lockdown-related social isolation on basic cognitive processes is still largely unknown. Here, we focus on social attention and address gaze cueing, namely the ability to shift attention in response to the gaze of others. This is a hard-wired cognitive mechanism critically supporting the establishment of social interactions and pervasive relationships among individuals. Our results show a stronger gaze-cueing effect during, rather than after, the lockdown, whose magnitude was positively correlated with social isolation distress. These findings indicate that, in a condition of prolonged social deprivation, orienting of attention may be shaped by hypersensitivity to social cues, likely due to the strive to reconnect with others.Mario DalmasoLuigi CastelliGiovanni GalfanoElsevierarticleCognitive neurosciencePsychologySocial interactionSocial sciencesScienceQENiScience, Vol 24, Iss 11, Pp 103283- (2021)
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spellingShingle	Cognitive neuroscience Psychology Social interaction Social sciences Science Q Mario Dalmaso Luigi Castelli Giovanni Galfano Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
description	Summary: Affiliation with others is a basic human need. The lockdown implemented for counteracting the COVID-19 pandemic has determined an unprecedented situation of social deprivation, forcing individuals to dramatically reduce face-to-face interactions. This, in turn, has caused relevant consequences on psychological well-being. However, the impact of lockdown-related social isolation on basic cognitive processes is still largely unknown. Here, we focus on social attention and address gaze cueing, namely the ability to shift attention in response to the gaze of others. This is a hard-wired cognitive mechanism critically supporting the establishment of social interactions and pervasive relationships among individuals. Our results show a stronger gaze-cueing effect during, rather than after, the lockdown, whose magnitude was positively correlated with social isolation distress. These findings indicate that, in a condition of prolonged social deprivation, orienting of attention may be shaped by hypersensitivity to social cues, likely due to the strive to reconnect with others.
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title	Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
title_short	Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
title_full	Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
title_fullStr	Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
title_full_unstemmed	Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown
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Increased gaze cueing of attention during COVID-19 lockdown

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