Space for power: feeling powerful over others' behavior affects peri-personal space representation.

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serval:BIB_0E7A67D744D6
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
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Title
Space for power: feeling powerful over others' behavior affects peri-personal space representation.
Journal
Experimental brain research
Author(s)
Bertoni T., Paladino M.P., Pellencin E., Serino S., Serino A.
ISSN
1432-1106 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0014-4819
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
241
Number
11-12
Pages
2779-2793
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We investigated whether and how social power affects the representation of peri-personal space (PPS). We applied a multisensory interaction task to assess PPS representation and the Personal Sense of Power Scale to assess participants' feelings of power over others' behaviors and over others' opinions. In Study 1, we probed PPS representation in a virtual social context. Participants with a higher sense of power showed a less defined differentiation between the close and far space as compared to participants with a lower sense of power. This effect was replicated in Study 2 when participants performed the task in a non-social context (with no person in the scene), but only after they were reminded of an episode of power. Thus, social power-the perception of power over others' behavior-affects the multisensory representation of the self in space by blurring the differentiation between one's own PPS and the space of others.
Keywords
Humans, Personal Space, Social Environment, Space Perception, Peri-personal space, Power, Virtual reality
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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26/10/2023 15:27
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20/12/2023 8:15
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