From eye to arrow: Attention capture by direct gaze requires more than just the eyes.

Human attention is strongly attracted by direct gaze and sudden onset motion. The sudden direct-gaze effect refers to the processing advantage for targets appearing on peripheral faces that suddenly e…

Attention partagée et cognition sociale
Breil, C., Huestegge, L., & Böckler, A. (2022). From eye to arrow: Attention capture by direct gaze requires more than just the eyes.. Atten Percept Psychophys, 84(1), 64-75. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02382-2

The Zoom solution: Promoting effective cross-ideological communication online.

The rise of ideological polarization in the U.S. over the past few decades has come with an increase in hostility on both sides of the political aisle. Although communication and compromise are hallma…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Binnquist, A. L., Dolbier, S. Y., Dieffenbach, M. C., & Lieberman, M. D. (2022). The Zoom solution: Promoting effective cross-ideological communication online.. PLoS One, 17(7), e0270355. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270355

Facilitating Peer Interaction Regulation in Online Settings: The Role of Social Presence, Social Space and Sociability.

A plethora of studies stress students' self-regulated learning (SRL) skills to be conditional for successful learning in school and beyond. In general, self-regulated learners are actively engaged in …

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction
Vrieling-Teunter, E., Henderikx, M., Nadolski, R., & Kreijns, K. (2022). Facilitating Peer Interaction Regulation in Online Settings: The Role of Social Presence, Social Space and Sociability.. Front Psychol, 13, 793798. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.793798

Salient knowledge that others are also evaluating reduces judgment extremity.

UNLABELLED: As companies increasingly conduct marketing research online (e.g., through social networking sites or their brand community platforms), the knowledge that others are also filling out the s…

Numérique : perception de la présence d'autres individus dans un environnement numérique sans interaction
Tsai, C. I., Zhao, M., & Soman, D. (2022). Salient knowledge that others are also evaluating reduces judgment extremity.. J Acad Mark Sci, 50(2), 366-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-021-00807-w

A potential mechanism for low tolerance feedback loops in social media flagging systems. đź“– En lecture

Many people use social media as a primary information source, but their questionable reliability has pushed platforms to contain misinformation via crowdsourced flagging systems. Such systems, however…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Westermann, C. J., & Coscia, M. (2022). A potential mechanism for low tolerance feedback loops in social media flagging systems.. PLoS One, 17(5), e0268270. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268270

Twitter discourse on nicotine as potential prophylactic or therapeutic for COVID-19.

BACKGROUND: An unproven "nicotine hypothesis" that indicates nicotine's therapeutic potential for COVID-19 has been proposed in recent literature. This study is about Twitter posts that misinterpret t…

Biais de confirmation et polarisation politique
Kavuluru, R., Noh, J., & Rose, S. W. (2022). Twitter discourse on nicotine as potential prophylactic or therapeutic for COVID-19.. Int J Drug Policy, 99, 103470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103470

Does Twitter Affect Stock Market Decisions? Financial Sentiment Analysis During Pandemics: A Comparative Study of the H1N1 and the COVID-19 Periods.

Investors are constantly aware of the behaviour of stock markets. This affects their emotions and motivates them to buy or sell shares. Financial sentiment analysis allows us to understand the effect …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Valle-Cruz, D., Fernandez-Cortez, V., López-Chau, A., & Sandoval-Almazán, R. (2022). Does Twitter Affect Stock Market Decisions? Financial Sentiment Analysis During Pandemics: A Comparative Study of the H1N1 and the COVID-19 Periods.. Cognit Comput, 14(1), 372-387. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12559-021-09819-8

Reducing opinion polarization: Effects of exposure to similar people with differing political views.

In a large-scale, preregistered experiment on informal political communication, we algorithmically matched participants, varying two dimensions: 1) the degree of incidental similarity on nonpolitical …

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Balietti, S., Getoor, L., Goldstein, D. G., & Watts, D. J. (2021). Reducing opinion polarization: Effects of exposure to similar people with differing political views.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 118(52). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2112552118

Visual attentional orienting by eye gaze: A meta-analytic review of the gaze-cueing effect.

Given limitations in the amount of visual information that a person can simultaneously process through to conscious perception, selective visual attention is necessary. Visual signals in the environme…

Attention partagée et cognition sociale
McKay, K. T., Grainger, S. A., Coundouris, S. P., Skorich, D. P., Phillips, L. H., & Henry, J. D. (2021). Visual attentional orienting by eye gaze: A meta-analytic review of the gaze-cueing effect.. Psychol Bull, 147(12), 1269-1289. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000353

Quantifying social organization and political polarization in online platforms.

Mass selection into groups of like-minded individuals may be fragmenting and polarizing online society, particularly with respect to partisan differences. However, our ability to measure the social ma…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Waller, I., & Anderson, A. (2021). Quantifying social organization and political polarization in online platforms.. Nature, 600(7888), 264-268. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04167-x

Labels matter: Use and non-use of 'anti-vax' framing in Australian media discourse 2008-2018.

Childhood vaccine refusal is a globally contentious topic, with some jurisdictions addressing it with punitive policies. Media discourse influences how solutions are framed by implying blame - a proce…

Polarisation politique et co-présence sociale numérique
Court, J., Carter, S. M., Attwell, K., Leask, J., & Wiley, K. (2021). Labels matter: Use and non-use of 'anti-vax' framing in Australian media discourse 2008-2018.. Soc Sci Med, 291, 114502. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114502

Social context facilitates visuomotor synchrony and bonding in children and adults.

Interpersonal synchrony is a fundamental part of human social interaction, with known effects on facilitating social bonding. Moving in time with another person facilitates prosocial behaviour, howeve…

Attention partagée et cognition sociale
Howard, E. M., Ropar, D., Newport, R., & Tunçgenç, B. (2021). Social context facilitates visuomotor synchrony and bonding in children and adults.. Sci Rep, 11(1), 22869. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02372-2