〈Articles〉Utilizing Eye Tracker to Measure Gaze Behavior in Dyadic Conversations: The Role of Social Skill and Conversation Topics

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[Abstract] Psychological research continues to apply automated equipment to measure nonverbal behaviors. The current study utilized a new contact-free eye tracker to investigate the effect of basic social skills and the emotional valence of conversation topics on the gaze behavior of speakers. Sixteen female participants were asked to speak about recently experienced positive and negative events to a target person that appeared on a monitor for one minute. Results showed that participants with high scores on a measure of basic social skills gazed at the target person’s eye area more when describing positive topics than when describing negative topics. Participants with low scores on the basic social skills measure did not show this difference. The validity and effectiveness of using automated equipment for measuring gaze behavior in an interpersonal communication context are discussed.

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