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The Effect of Emotional Valence of Stimuli and Emotional State of Observers on Distance Perception

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2017, v.29 no.4, pp.331-349
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2017.29.4.001



Abstract

Perceiving distance from oneself to other people plays an important role in social interaction. In this situation, interaction partners can express emotional valence and a perceiver can be in various moods. The current study investigated whether spatial distance perception varies depending on emotional valence of stimuli. We also manipulated emotional state of participants. After participants were induced to feel positive or negative, they estimated the spatial distance between themselves and emotional faces (angry or happy) or neutral images (house). The results showed that the estimated distance of the emotional faces was closer than that of the neutral images. In addition, the estimated distance of the happy faces was closer than that of the angry faces. Although emotional states of participants changed depending on the mood induction condition, participants’ emotional state did not influence distance estimation. These results suggest that only emotional valence of stimuli influences distance perception.

keywords
distance perception, emotional valence of stimuli, mood induction, 거리 지각, 자극의 정서, 정서 유도

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