Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study
Abstract Respect is an emotion that promotes self-improvement, often experienced when recognizing superior traits in others. The present study aimed to investigate one of its action tendencies. Since previous studies have suggested that respected persons are role models, we hypothesized that respect...
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| author | Sotaro Kondoh Tomomi Fujimura Hironori Nakatani Sera Muto Yulri Nonaka Kazuo Okanoya |
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| description | Abstract Respect is an emotion that promotes self-improvement, often experienced when recognizing superior traits in others. The present study aimed to investigate one of its action tendencies. Since previous studies have suggested that respected persons are role models, we hypothesized that respect prolongs the orienting response of paying attention to the persons and examined the related phasic decrease in heart rate (HR). We presented a stimulus (an episode followed by a photograph) about each participant's parents, teachers, affectively respected persons (other than parents and teachers), and the unknown persons as a control. Participants read the episode, looked at the photo, and rated the extent of experiencing respect. As a result, we found that the averaged HR across conditions declined during stimulus presentation but that the change scores of HRs from the minimum value increased only in the control condition: the HRs of the other conditions (parents, teachers, and affectively respected persons) did not recover. Furthermore, we confirmed a significant correlation between respect ratings and the reduction in HRs by performing a partial correlation analysis that controlled for familiarity with the persons. As a pilot study, these results suggest that respect elongates the orienting response. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63bada6525264e76909d4dd0957dc1d52023-07-16T11:24:34ZengSpringerDiscover Psychology2731-45372023-07-01311910.1007/s44202-023-00075-5Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot studySotaro Kondoh0Tomomi Fujimura1Hironori Nakatani2Sera Muto3Yulri Nonaka4Kazuo Okanoya5Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoHuman Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyCenter for Evolutionary Cognitive Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoHuman Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu UniversityDepartment of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoDepartment of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of TokyoAbstract Respect is an emotion that promotes self-improvement, often experienced when recognizing superior traits in others. The present study aimed to investigate one of its action tendencies. Since previous studies have suggested that respected persons are role models, we hypothesized that respect prolongs the orienting response of paying attention to the persons and examined the related phasic decrease in heart rate (HR). We presented a stimulus (an episode followed by a photograph) about each participant's parents, teachers, affectively respected persons (other than parents and teachers), and the unknown persons as a control. Participants read the episode, looked at the photo, and rated the extent of experiencing respect. As a result, we found that the averaged HR across conditions declined during stimulus presentation but that the change scores of HRs from the minimum value increased only in the control condition: the HRs of the other conditions (parents, teachers, and affectively respected persons) did not recover. Furthermore, we confirmed a significant correlation between respect ratings and the reduction in HRs by performing a partial correlation analysis that controlled for familiarity with the persons. As a pilot study, these results suggest that respect elongates the orienting response.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00075-5RespectAction tendencyHeart rateAttentionOrienting response |
| spellingShingle | Sotaro Kondoh Tomomi Fujimura Hironori Nakatani Sera Muto Yulri Nonaka Kazuo Okanoya Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study Discover Psychology Respect Action tendency Heart rate Attention Orienting response |
| title | Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study |
| title_full | Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study |
| title_fullStr | Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study |
| title_short | Experiencing respect elongates the orienting response: a pilot study |
| title_sort | experiencing respect elongates the orienting response a pilot study |
| topic | Respect Action tendency Heart rate Attention Orienting response |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00075-5 |
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