Task-relevant social cues affect whole-body approach-avoidance behavior

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 8568 - 13
• Main Authors: Welsch, Robin, Hecht, Heiko, Stins, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.05.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/477; 631/477/2811; Anger; Avoidance behavior; Avoidance Learning; Cues; Emotions - physiology; Facial Expression; Female; Gender; Happiness; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Male; multidisciplinary; Reaction time task; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Social Behavior

Positively evaluated stimuli facilitate approach and negatively evaluated stimuli prompt avoidance responses, as typically measured by reaction time differences when moving a joystick toward the own body or away from it. In this study, we explore whether a whole-body response (forward and backward l...