Happiness in action: the impact of positive affect on the time of the conscious intention to act.
Happiness in action: the impact of positive affect on the time of the conscious intention to act.
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01307
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Sartori G
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作者：
Rigoni D;Demanet J;Sartori G
我们有意识的行动意图和行动本身之间的时间关系已经得到了广泛的研究。先前的研究一致表明，运动意图在运动开始之前的几个100毫秒进入意识。正如其他领域的研究表明，大多数行为都受到人们所处的情绪状态的影响，值得注意的是，情绪状态对意图意识的作用从未被研究过。在这里，我们测试的假设，积极和消极的影响有相反的时间关系之间的有意识的意图采取行动和行动本身。情绪诱导程序相结合的引导图像和音乐听诱导积极的，消极的，或中性的情感状态。在每次情绪诱导会议后，参与者被要求执行自愿的自定步调的运动，并报告他们何时形成行动的意图。与接触不愉快的材料相比，接触愉快的材料会增强积极情绪，抑制消极情绪。重要的是，在积极的影响条件下，参与者报告说，他们打算采取行动的时间更早的行动开始，相比，当他们在消极或中性的影响条件。相反，当参与者经历消极情绪时，他们报告的行动意图时间与中性条件没有显着差异。这些研究结果表明，有意识的意图采取行动和行动本身之间的时间关系是可塑性的情感状态的变化，并可能表明，积极的影响，提高有意的意识。
The temporal relationship between our conscious intentions to act and the action itself has been widely investigated. Previous research consistently shows that the motor intention enters awareness a few 100 ms before movement onset. As research in other domains has shown that most behavior is affected by the emotional state people are in, it is remarkable that the role of emotional states on intention awareness has never been investigated. Here we tested the hypothesis that positive and negative affects have opposite effects on the temporal relationship between the conscious intention to act and the action itself. A mood induction procedure that combined guided imagery and music listening was employed to induce positive, negative, or neutral affective states. After each mood induction session, participants were asked to execute voluntary self-paced movements and to report when they formed the intention to act. Exposure to pleasant material, as compared to exposure to unpleasant material, enhanced positive affect and dampened negative affect. Importantly, in the positive affect condition participants reported their intention to act earlier in time with respect to action onset, as compared to when they were in the negative or in the neutral affect conditions. Conversely the reported time of the intention to act when participants experienced negative affect did not differ significantly from the neutral condition. These findings suggest that the temporal relationship between the conscious intention to act and the action itself is malleable to changes in affective states and may indicate that positive affect enhances intentional awareness.