Vitality Forms Expressed by Others Modulate Our Own Motor Response: A Kinematic Study.

ABSTRACT: During social interaction, actions, and words may be expressed in different ways, for example, gently or rudely. A handshake can be gentle or vigorous and, similarly, tone of voice can be pleasant or rude. These aspects of social communication have been named vitality forms by Daniel Stern. Vitality forms represent how an action is performed and characterize all human interactions. In spite of their importance in social life, to date it is not clear whether the vitality forms expressed by the agent can influence the execution of a subsequent action performed by the receiver. To shed light on this matter, in the present study we carried out a kinematic study aiming to assess whether and how visual and auditory properties of vitality forms expressed by others influenced the motor response of

SUBMITTER: Di Cesare G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698685 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature