Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions
The notion that anger is linked to approach motivation received support from behavioral studies, which measured various motor responses to angering stimuli. However, none of these studies examined full body motions which characterize many if not most everyday instances of anger. The authors incorpor...
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| description | The notion that anger is linked to approach motivation received support from behavioral studies, which measured various motor responses to angering stimuli. However, none of these studies examined full body motions which characterize many if not most everyday instances of anger. The authors incorporate a novel behavioral motor task that tests motivational direction by measuring the reaction times of stepping forward and backward in response to the words "towards" and "away". The results show that, relative to anxiety and control conditions, anger induction resulted in a steeper approach-avoidance RT gradient which was shifted in favor of approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f7f4f5048d042c5b8bad241125d205b2022-12-22T03:31:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782011-02-01210.3389/fpsyg.2011.000222269Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactionsIddo Maayan0Nachshon Meiran1Ben-Gurion University of the NegevBen-Gurion University of the NegevThe notion that anger is linked to approach motivation received support from behavioral studies, which measured various motor responses to angering stimuli. However, none of these studies examined full body motions which characterize many if not most everyday instances of anger. The authors incorporate a novel behavioral motor task that tests motivational direction by measuring the reaction times of stepping forward and backward in response to the words "towards" and "away". The results show that, relative to anxiety and control conditions, anger induction resulted in a steeper approach-avoidance RT gradient which was shifted in favor of approach.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00022/fullAngerReaction Timeaction tendenciesfull-body movement |
| spellingShingle | Iddo Maayan Nachshon Meiran Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions Frontiers in Psychology Anger Reaction Time action tendencies full-body movement |
| title | Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| title_full | Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| title_fullStr | Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| title_short | Anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| title_sort | anger and the speed of full body approach and avoidance reactions |
| topic | Anger Reaction Time action tendencies full-body movement |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00022/full |
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