"Watching Eyes" Triggers Third-Party Punishment: The Role of Emotion Within the Eyes.

ABSTRACT: Third-party punishment refers to a behavioral phenomenon whereby people punish wrongdoers even if their sanction incurs personal costs but yields no direct benefits. Given the eye cues demonstrated ability to convey signals of being observed, its effect on third-party punishment, driven by virtue of its effects on others' perceptions, was investigated. In addition, emotional message featured in the eye region is crucial in social interaction, whether the emotion within the eyes serves this effect with varying degrees of influence has rarely considered. The present study aimed at exploring (a) the watching eyes effect on the third-party punishment and (b) whether this effect varies from negative eyes to positive eyes. By two experiments using a modified Third-Party Dictator Game, we display

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8320698 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature