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Frontiers in Psychology
|July 12, 2019
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This study explored how approach-avoidance behaviors influence evaluations, finding no direct link. However, virtual reality experiences suggest that a strong sense of presence enhances the connection between actions and cognitive systems.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Cognition
  • Embodied Cognition

Background:

  • Approach and avoidance orientations are crucial for adaptive regulation, linking evaluations and behaviors.
  • Grounded cognition emphasizes sensorimotor interactions in understanding evaluative processes.
  • Operationalizing grounded principles in approach-avoidance research remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and test novel, grounded operationalizations of approach-avoidance orientations.
  • To investigate the influence of these refined operationalizations on evaluative processes.
  • To explore the role of presence in virtual reality on the link between actions and neuropsychological systems.

Main Methods:

  • Six studies were conducted, varying operationalizations of approach-avoidance (e.g., upper-body incline, posture, walking steps).
Keywords:
approach-avoidanceconstruct validityevaluationsgrounded cognitionvirtual reality

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  • Grounded cognition assumptions were incrementally integrated into the experimental designs.
  • Exploratory analyses in virtual reality (VR) examined the effect of presence.

    • Main Results:

    • The theorized positive effect of approach (vs. avoidance) on evaluations was not consistently found.
    • Exploratory VR studies indicated that a higher feeling of presence amplified the activation of neuropsychological systems by approach-avoidance actions.

    Conclusions:

    • Current operationalizations may not fully capture the link between approach-avoidance and evaluations.
    • The feeling of presence in VR environments appears to modulate the embodied effects of approach-avoidance behaviors.
    • Future research should consider presence and embodied cognition in understanding evaluative processes.