Department of Psychology, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia 23005, USA.
Cogn Emot. 2011 Jan;25(1):174-82. doi: 10.1080/02699931003738026.
Previous research has shown that hills appear steeper to those who are fatigued, encumbered, of low physical fitness, elderly, or in declining health (Bhalla & Proffitt, 1999; Proffitt, Bhalla, Gossweiler, & Midgett, 1995). The prevailing interpretation of this research is that observers' perceptions of the environment are influenced by their capacity to navigate that environment. The current studies extend this programme by investigating more subtle embodied effects on perception of slant; namely those of mood. In two studies, with two different mood manipulations, and two estimates of slant in each, observers in a sad mood reported hills to be steeper. These results support the role of mood and motivational factors in influencing spatial perception, adding to the previous work showing that energetic potential can influence perception.
先前的研究表明，对于疲劳、负重、身体不适、老年人或健康状况下降的人来说，山丘看起来更陡峭（Bhalla & Proffitt，1999；Proffitt、Bhalla、Gossweiler 和 Midgett，1995）。对这项研究的普遍解释是，观察者对环境的感知受到他们在该环境中导航能力的影响。当前的研究通过调查对倾斜感知的更微妙的体现影响来扩展该计划；即情绪的影响。在两项研究中，通过两种不同的情绪操纵和每种情绪操纵下的两种倾斜估计，情绪低落的观察者报告说山丘更陡峭。这些结果支持情绪和动机因素在影响空间感知方面的作用，这增加了之前的研究表明能量潜力可以影响感知。
