@article{ref1,
title="Anger and the speed of full-body approach and avoidance reactions",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2011",
author="Mayan, Iddo and Meiran, Nachshon",
volume="2",
number="",
pages="22-22",
abstract="The notion that anger is linked to approach motivation received support from behavioral studies, which measured various motor responses to angering stimuli. However, none of these studies examined full-body motions which characterize many if not most everyday instances of anger. The authors incorporate a novel behavioral motor task that tests motivational direction by measuring the reaction times (RTs) of stepping forward and backward in response to the words &quot;toward&quot; and &quot;away.&quot; The results show that, relative to anxiety and control conditions, anger induction resulted in a steeper approach-avoidance RT gradient which was shifted in favor of approach.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00022"
}