Wu Li, Huang Rong, Wang Zhe, Selvaraj Jonathan Nimal, Wei Liuqing, Yang Weiping, Chen Jianxin
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
College of Life Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Front Psychol. 2020 Aug 6;11:1822. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01822. eCollection 2020.
The regulatory effect of embodied emotion on one's general emotion and the impact of the compatibility or incompatibility of the two types of emotion on creative thinking are still debatable. The purpose of this study is to investigate these issues experimentally. In Experiment 1, participants completed an explicit positive and negative emotion test [Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)] and an implicit positive and negative emotion test [Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT)] twice on a computer after emotional video priming was used to induce negative emotions and facial expression manipulation was performed to induce embodied positive or negative emotions. It was found that maintaining the expression of a suppressed smile was helpful in regulating negative emotions ( = 0.047). Specifically, the implicit negative emotions induced by facial expression manipulation had a positive regulating effect on the implicit negative emotions induced by the video (T1, = 47.813; to T2, = 44.188). In Experiment 2, the positive or negative emotions of the participants were induced using emotional videos, and facial expression manipulation was used to induce their embodied positive or negative emotions. Then, the participants completed a creative test by completing alternative use tasks (AUTs) and Chinese character riddles. The AUT fluency score in the emotionally compatible group was significantly higher than that in the emotionally incompatible group ( = 0.032), but while experiencing negative emotions, the emotionally compatible group had a significantly higher originality score and insight in Chinese character riddle score than the emotionally incompatible group ( = 0.017, = 0.004). Therefore, embodied negative emotion has a significant regulating effect on implicit negative emotion. The compatibility of emotion activated by facial expression and viewing a video contributes to creative thinking, whereas the incompatibility of emotion hinders creative thinking. The compatibility of emotion under positive emotions improved thinking fluency, whereas under negative emotions, it activated originality and insight in creative thinking. The influence of such emotional compatibility on creative thinking may be due to the regulating effect of embodied emotions on implicit emotions induced by emotional stimuli.
具身情绪对个体一般情绪的调节作用以及两种情绪的兼容性或不兼容性对创造性思维的影响仍存在争议。本研究的目的是通过实验来探究这些问题。在实验1中，在使用情绪视频启动来诱发负面情绪并进行面部表情操纵以诱发具身的积极或消极情绪后，参与者在计算机上两次完成了明确的积极和消极情绪测试[积极和消极情绪量表（PANAS）]以及隐含的积极和消极情绪测试[隐含积极和消极情绪测试（IPANAT）]。研究发现，保持抑制性微笑的表情有助于调节负面情绪（ = 0.047）。具体而言，面部表情操纵诱发的隐含负面情绪对视频诱发的隐含负面情绪具有积极的调节作用（T1， = 47.813；到T2， = 44.188）。在实验2中，使用情绪视频诱发参与者的积极或消极情绪，并使用面部表情操纵来诱发他们具身的积极或消极情绪。然后，参与者通过完成替代用途任务（AUTs）和汉字谜语来完成创造性测试。情绪兼容组的AUT流畅性得分显著高于情绪不兼容组（ = 0.032），但在体验负面情绪时，情绪兼容组在汉字谜语得分上的原创性得分和洞察力显著高于情绪不兼容组（ = 0.017， = 0.004）。因此，具身负面情绪对隐含负面情绪具有显著的调节作用。面部表情和观看视频激活的情绪的兼容性有助于创造性思维，而情绪的不兼容性则阻碍创造性思维。积极情绪下情绪的兼容性提高了思维流畅性，而在消极情绪下，它激活了创造性思维中的原创性和洞察力。这种情绪兼容性对创造性思维的影响可能是由于具身情绪对情绪刺激诱发的隐含情绪的调节作用。
