audience effect

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audience effect (plural audience effects)

  1. (psychology) A type of social facilitation in which the presence of an audience influences individual task performance.
    • 2016 October 13, Antonia F. de C. Hamilton, Frida Lind, “Audience effects: what can they tell us about social neuroscience, theory of mind and autism?”, in Culture and Brain, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, pages 159–177:
      Overall, understanding and exploring the audience effect may contribute to our models of social interaction, including reputation management and mentalising.

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