Cole, Geoff G and Wright, Damien and Doneva, Silviya P and Skarratt, Paul A (2015) When Your Decisions Are Not (Quite) Your Own: Action Observation Influences Free Choices. PLOS ONE, 10 (5). e0127766-e0127766. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127766
Cole, Geoff G and Wright, Damien and Doneva, Silviya P and Skarratt, Paul A (2015) When Your Decisions Are Not (Quite) Your Own: Action Observation Influences Free Choices. PLOS ONE, 10 (5). e0127766-e0127766. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127766
Cole, Geoff G and Wright, Damien and Doneva, Silviya P and Skarratt, Paul A (2015) When Your Decisions Are Not (Quite) Your Own: Action Observation Influences Free Choices. PLOS ONE, 10 (5). e0127766-e0127766. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127766
Abstract
A growing number of studies have begun to assess how the actions of one individual are represented in an observer. Using a variant of an action observation paradigm, four experiments examined whether one person's behaviour can influence the subjective decisions and judgements of another. In Experiment 1, two observers sat adjacent to each other and took turns to freely select and reach to one of two locations. Results showed that participants were less likely to make a response to the same location as their partner. In three further experiments observers were asked to decide which of two familiar products they preferred or which of two faces were most attractive. Results showed that participants were less likely to choose the product or face occupying the location of their partner's previous reaching response. These findings suggest that action observation can influence a range of free choice preferences and decisions. Possible mechanisms through which this influence occurs are discussed.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Humans; Decision Making; Choice Behavior; Adult; Female; Male |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jun 2015 08:05 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 19:54 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/14111 |
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