Gestures convey different physiological responses when performed toward and away from the body.
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SUBMITTER: Bartolo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731307 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
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Gestures convey different physiological responses when performed toward and away from the body.
Bartolo Angela A Claisse Caroline C Gallo Fabrizia F Ott Laurent L Sampaio Adriana A Nandrino Jean-Louis JL
Scientific reports 20190906 1
We assessed the sympathetic and parasympathetic activation associated to the observation of Pantomime (i.e. the mime of the use of a tool) and Intransitive gestures (i.e. expressive) performed toward (e.g. a comb and "thinking") and away from the body (e.g. key and "come here") in a group of healthy participants while both pupil dilation (N = 31) and heart rate variability (N = 33; HF-HRV) were recorded. Large pupil dilation was observed in both Pantomime and Intransitive gestures toward the bod ...[more]
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