Orienting attention by social gaze cues shares some characteristics with orienting attention by non-social arrow cues, but it is unclear whether they rely on similar neural mechanisms. The present ALE-meta-analysis assessed the pattern of brain activation reported in 40 single experiments (18 with arrows, 22 with gaze), with a total number of 806 participants. Our findings show that the network for orienting attention by social gaze and by non-social arrow cues is in part functionally segregated. Orienting by both types of cues relies on the activity of brain regions involved in endogenous attention (the superior frontal gyrus). Importantly, only orienting by gaze cues was also associated with the activity of brain regions involved in exogenous attention (medial frontal gyrus), processing gaze, and mental state attribution (superior temporal sulcus, temporoparietal junction).

通过社交凝视线索定向注意力与通过非社交箭头线索定向注意力有一些共同特征，但尚不清楚它们是否依赖于相似的神经机制。目前的 ALE 元分析评估了 40 个单一实验（18 个带箭头，22 个带凝视）中报告的大脑激活模式，共有 806 名参与者。我们的研究结果表明，通过社交凝视和非社交箭头提示来定向注意力的网络在功能上是部分分离的。通过这两种类型的线索进行定向依赖于涉及内源性注意力的大脑区域（额上回）的活动。重要的是，仅通过注视线索定向也与涉及外源性注意力（内侧额回）、处理注视、