Orienting and maintenance of gaze to facial expressions in social anxiety.

• DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.115.4.760
• Publication Date: 2006-11-14T13:54:34Z
• Authors: Matthew Garner; Karin Mogg; Brendan P. Bradley
• Keywords: Attentional Bias; Social cue

In 2 experiments, the authors tested predictions from cognitive models of social anxiety regarding attentional biases for and nonsocial cues by monitoring eye movements to pictures faces objects in high (HSA) low (LSA) individuals. Under no-stress conditions (Experiment 1), HSA individuals initially directed their gaze toward neutral faces, relative objects, more often than did LSA participants. However, under social-evaluative stress 2), showed reduced initial orienting maintenance on (cf. objects) compared with group. were also relatively quicker look at emotional but looked less time, individuals, consistent a vigilant-avoidant pattern bias.