Easy moves: Perceptual fluency facilitates approach-related action
Evan W Carr , Mark Rotteveel , Piotr Winkielman
Abstract
It is well established that processing fluency impacts preference judgments and physiological reactions indicative of affect. Yet, little is known about how fluency influences motivation-related action. Here, we offer a novel demonstration that fluency facilitates action-tendencies related to approach. Four experiments investigated this action effect, its boundary conditions, and concomitant affective responses. Experiment 1 found faster approach movements (reaction times [RTs] to initiate arm flexion) to perceptually fluent stimuli when participants acted to rapidly classify stimuli as either "good" or "bad." Experiment 2 eliminated this fluency effect on action when participants performed nonaffective classifications ("living" or "nonliving"), even though fluency robustly enhanced liking judgments. Experiment 3 demonstrated that fluency can also facilitate approach action that is not immediate, as long as the delayed action involves affective classification. This experiment also fouAuthor | |||||
Journal series | Emotion, ISSN 1528-3542, (A 40 pkt) | ||||
Issue year | 2016 | ||||
Vol | 16 | ||||
No | 4 | ||||
Pages | 540 - 552 | ||||
Publication size in sheets | 0.6 | ||||
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URL | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cmedm&AN=26751628&lang=pl&site=ehost-live | ||||
Language | en angielski | ||||
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Score (nominal) | 40 | ||||
Publication indicators | : 2016 = 1.635; : 2016 = 3.251 (2) - 2016=4.266 (5) | ||||
Citation count* | 18 (2021-02-26) |
* presented citation count is obtained through Internet information analysis and it is close to the number calculated by the Publish or Perish system.
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