Perception of the Potential for Interaction in Social Scenes

In urban environments, humans often encounter other people that may engage one in interaction. How do humans perceive such invitations to interact at a glance? We briefly presented participants with pictures of actors carrying out one of 11 behaviors (e.g., waving or looking at a phone) at four came...

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Published in:i-Perception (London) Vol. 12; no. 5; p. 20416695211040237
Main Authors: Hessels, Roy S., Benjamins, Jeroen S., van Doorn, Andrea J., Koenderink, Jan J., Hooge, Ignace T. C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2021
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects:
Cameras
Perceptions
Social interaction
interaction
gist perception
ensemble perception
presence
social scenes
ISSN:2041-6695, 2041-6695
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Summary:In urban environments, humans often encounter other people that may engage one in interaction. How do humans perceive such invitations to interact at a glance? We briefly presented participants with pictures of actors carrying out one of 11 behaviors (e.g., waving or looking at a phone) at four camera-actor distances. Participants were asked to describe what they might do in such a situation, how they decided, and what stood out most in the photograph. In addition, participants rated how likely they deemed interaction to take place. Participants formulated clear responses about how they might act. We show convincingly that what participants would do depended on the depicted behavior, but not the camera-actor distance. The likeliness to interact ratings depended both on the depicted behavior and the camera-actor distance. We conclude that humans perceive the “gist” of photographs and that various aspects of the actor, action, and context depicted in photographs are subjectively available at a glance. Our conclusions are discussed in the context of scene perception, social robotics, and intercultural differences.
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ISSN:2041-6695
2041-6695
DOI:10.1177/20416695211040237