Department of Addiction Studies, Psychology, and Social Work, Minot State University, Minot, ND, USA.
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2022 Jul;75(7):1289-1301. doi: 10.1177/17470218211049331. Epub 2021 Oct 4.
Two studies were conducted to explore whether the addition of animal movement would influence the intensity of emotional reactions towards that animal. Both studies compared self-reported emotional reactions with still images and videos for six animal categories (snakes, spiders, rodents, hoofed animals, animals with flippers, and turtles). In Study 1, participants reported fear and disgust to the animal stimuli, which were averaged into a single negative emotion rating. In Study 2, participants reported either fear and disgust or joy and affection to the animal stimuli, which were averaged into either a single negative or positive emotion rating. Upon combining the reported emotions from the two studies, movement was found to increase negative emotion reported to snakes and spiders and decrease negative emotion reported to rodents, hoofed animals, and animals with flippers. Results from Study 2 indicated that movement increased reported positive emotions to all six animal categories. Our findings suggest that animal movement is an important component of emotional reactions to animals.
两项研究旨在探讨动物运动是否会影响人们对该动物的情绪反应强度。这两项研究均比较了六类动物（蛇、蜘蛛、啮齿动物、有蹄动物、鳍足动物和海龟）的静态图像和视频的自我报告情绪反应。在研究 1 中，参与者对动物刺激物报告了恐惧和厌恶，这些反应被平均为一个单一的负面情绪评分。在研究 2 中，参与者对动物刺激物报告了恐惧和厌恶或喜悦和喜爱，这些反应被平均为单一的负面或正面情绪评分。将两项研究报告的情绪结合起来，发现运动增加了对蛇和蜘蛛的负面情绪报告，减少了对啮齿动物、有蹄动物和鳍足动物的负面情绪报告。研究 2 的结果表明，运动增加了对所有六类动物的积极情绪报告。我们的研究结果表明，动物运动是对动物情绪反应的一个重要组成部分。
