Social Interactions
During social interactions, actions can be performed in different forms depending on the emotional state driving them. These forms of action, known as Vitality Forms, play a significant role in human interactions, enabling people to instantly perceive the attitude of others. Moreover, it has been shown that gentle or rude Vitality Forms expressed by a human agent influence the recipient's motor behavior at a kinematic level.
Frame showing an action with the object in its initial position (A); frame showing the same action in its final position (B).
Velocity profiles and trajectories of the actions performed by the male actor. (Di Cesare et al., 2017)
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References
Giuseppe Di Cesare, Giancarlo Valente, Cinzia Di Dio, Emanuele Ruffaldi,Massimo Bergamasco, Rainer Goebel and Giacomo Rizzolatti (2016). Vitality Forms Processing in the Insula during Action Observation: A Multivoxel Pattern Analysis. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 09 June 2016
Giuseppe Di Cesare, Giancarlo Valente, Cinzia Di Dio, Emanuele Ruffaldi,Massimo Bergamasco, Rainer Goebel and Giacomo Rizzolatti (2016). Vitality Forms Processing in the Insula during Action Observation: A Multivoxel Pattern Analysis. Front. Hum. Neurosci., 09 June 2016