Title How much does emotional valence of action outcomes affect temporal binding? /
Authors Moreton, Joshua Paul Irvin ; Moreton, Joshua ; Callan, Mitchell J ; Hughes, Gethin
DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2016.12.008
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Is Part of Consciousness and cognition.. San Diego, CA : Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science. 2017, vol. 49, p. 25-34.. ISSN 1053-8100. eISSN 1090-2376
Keywords [eng] Temporal binding ; Emotional valence ; Emotional expressions ; Voluntary action ; Self-serving bias ; Time interval estimation ; Replication
Abstract [eng] Temporal binding refers to the compression of the perceived time interval between voluntary actions and their sensory consequences. Research suggests that the emotional content of an action outcome can modulate the effects of temporal binding. We attempted to conceptually replicate these findings using a time interval estimation task and different emotionally-valenced action outcomes (Experiments 1 and 2) than used in previous research. Contrary to previous findings, we found no evidence that temporal binding was affected by the emotional valence of action outcomes. After validating our stimuli for equivalence of perceived emotional valence and arousal (Experiment 3), in Experiment 4 we directly replicated Yoshie and Haggard’s (2013) original experiment using sound vocalizations as action outcomes and failed to detect a significant effect of emotion on temporal binding. These studies suggest that the emotional valence of action outcomes exerts little influence on temporal binding. The potential implications of these findings are discussed.
Published San Diego, CA : Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2017
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