scholarly journals Contrast effect of emotional context on interpersonal distance with neutral social stimuli

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Cartaud ◽  
Vincent Lenglin ◽  
Yann Coello
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Contrast Effect ◽  
Interpersonal Distance ◽  
Emotional Facial Expression ◽  
Social Stimuli ◽  
Frequency Model ◽  
Virtual Characters ◽  
Emotional Context ◽  
Contextual Stimuli ◽  
Distance Regulation

In social interactions, valence-based judgements are an important component of interpersonal distances regulation. Within the framework of the Range-Frequency model, we tested whether the emotional context, which is known to produce a contrast effect on valence ratings, also contributes to the regulation of interpersonal distances. 51 participants divided in two groups were shown virtual characters with either a neutral facial expression (target-stimuli) or an emotional facial expression (contextual stimuli) in two successive sessions (angry then happy emotional context or vice-versa). The participants rated the valence of the virtual characters and judged the appropriateness of different interpersonal distances. For neutral characters, contrast effect of emotional context was observed, albeit only subtly on interpersonal distance judgments. Overall, the data suggest that although the emotional context influences valence-based judgments of social stimuli, it has a parsimonious effect on interpersonal distance regulation, presumably because the latter relies primarily on emotional facial expression categorical-information.

Interpersonal Distance Regulation and Approach-Avoidance Reactions Are Altered in Psychopathy

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Welsch ◽  
Christoph von Castell ◽  
Heiko Hecht
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Social Cues ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Distance ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
Approach Avoidance ◽  
Distance Regulation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Avoidance Reactions

In this study, we examined the impact of psychopathy on approach-avoidance reactions and interpersonal distance (IPD) in response to social cues. We selected a student sample and measured psychopathy via self-report. Participants were immersed in a virtual environment in which a virtual person displayed either angry or happy facial expressions. In the first experiment, participants had to walk toward the virtual person until a comfortable IPD had been reached. In the second experiment, participants had to push or pull a joystick in response to the facial expression of the virtual person. Our results suggest that psychopathy does not change average IPD but does impair its regulation. That is, the facial expression of the avatar no longer modulated IPD in participants with psychopathic traits to the extent that it did in participants with fewer psychopathic traits. The speed of the approach and avoidance reactions is altered in psychopathy when confronted with social cues.

ATHOS: a dATabase of 48 3D Human virtual characters with non-emOtional facial expreSsion for virtual reality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Cartaud ◽  
Yann Coello
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Facial Expression ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Emotional Facial Expression ◽  
Cognitive Assessments ◽  
Virtual Characters ◽  
Rehabilitation Programs ◽  
Human And Social Sciences ◽  
Information And Communication

An increasing number of studies in the Human and Social Sciences and Information and Communication Technologies and Sciences are conducted in virtual reality. Many of them use 3D human-like computer-generated characters in order to study social interactions in healthy participants, or the effect mental illness or neurological disorder on social cognition. However, free access to virtual characters is still not straightforward with often a lack of psychological evaluation of available characters. We present here the ATHOS database composed of 48 Caucasian male and female virtual characters with non-emotional facial expression available in the FBX file format. For each of them, we provide an evaluation in terms of valence, reliability, sympathy and sociability. Concerning these evaluations, inter-rater reliability analysis revealed a good degree of agreement among raters (between 0.85 and 0.98) and a cluster analysis highlighted a division of the virtual characters into three groups (low, medium and high evaluation scores). The ATHOS database of virtual characters, available in open access, can be used for many different purposes including the development of social immersive virtual environments, cognitive assessments or even rehabilitation programs in the health domain.

EFFECTS OF CONGRUENCE-INCONGRUENCE BETWEEN LOCUS OF CONTROL AND FIELD DEPENDENCE ON INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOR

1977 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy B. Ehrlich ◽  
Andrew Broughton ◽  
Glen M. Vaught
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Interpersonal Distance ◽  
Social Stimuli ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Perceptual Skills ◽  
Interpersonal Needs ◽  
Report Measure ◽  
Rod And Frame

Lefcourt and Telegdi's concepts of congruence and incongruence between perceptual skills and expectancies were examined with respect to interpersonal behavior. Four groups of subjects were formed using a portable rod-and-frame device and Rotter's locus of control scale. As predicted the two congruent groups used significantly less interpersonal distance with each of four different social stimuli as measured by Duke and Nowicki's comfortable interpersonal distance scale. There was no difference between congruent and incongruent groups on a self-report measure of interpersonal needs.

scholarly journals Nonlinear transduction of emotional facial expression

2020 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Katie L.H. Gray ◽  
Tessa R. Flack ◽  
Miaomiao Yu ◽  
Freya A. Lygo ◽  
Daniel H. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Facial Expression ◽  
Emotional Facial Expression
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