@article{ref1,
title="The power of attention: using eye gaze to predict other-regarding and moral choices",
journal="Psychological science",
year="2018",
author="Ghaffari, Minou and Fiedler, Susann",
volume="29",
number="11",
pages="1878-1889",
abstract="According to research studying the processes underlying decisions, a two-channel mechanism connects attention and choices: top-down and bottom-up processes. To identify the magnitude of each channel, we exogenously varied information intake by systematically interrupting participants' decision processes in Study 1 ( N = 116). <br><br>RESULTS showed that participants were more likely to choose a predetermined target option. Because selection effects limited the interpretation of the results, we used a sequential-presentation paradigm in Study 2 (preregistered, N = 100). To partial out bottom-up effects of attention on choices, in particular, we presented alternatives by mirroring the gaze patterns of autonomous decision makers. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that final fixations successfully predicted choices when experimentally manipulated (bottom up). Specifically, up to 11.32% of the link between attention and choices is driven by exogenously guided attention (1.19% change in choices overall), while the remaining variance is explained by top-down preference formation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0956-7976",
doi="10.1177/0956797618799301",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797618799301"
}