Title :

Self-partner inclusion predicts performance of romantically involved individuals in a body-scaled action-anticipation task

Author(s) :

Bouquet, Cédric A. [Auteur]
Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] [CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours]]
Lafleur, Melissa [Auteur]
Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] [CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours]]
Quintard, Virginie [Auteur]
Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] [CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours]]
Jouffre, Stéphane [Auteur]
Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] [CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours]]
Wamain, Yannick [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Coello, Yann [Auteur]
Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193
Toussaint, Lucette [Auteur]
Centre de recherches sur la cognition et l'apprentissage [UMR 7295] [CeRCA [Poitiers, Tours]]

Journal title :

PLoS ONE

Abbreviated title :

PLoS ONE

Volume number :

16

Pages :

e0251425

Publisher :

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Publication date :

2021-05-18

ISSN :

1932-6203

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Previous research has shown that romantic relationships can lead to the cognitive inclusion of a romantic partner into one’s own self-representation, resulting in blurred boundaries between self and intimate other. Recent ...
Show more >Previous research has shown that romantic relationships can lead to the cognitive inclusion of a romantic partner into one’s own self-representation, resulting in blurred boundaries between self and intimate other. Recent work suggests that this self-other integration process encompasses the two dimensions of the self–the conceptual and the bodily self. In line with this, it has been proposed that romantic love is associated with cognitive states that blur or reduce the saliency of self-boundaries in the bodily domain. The present study tested this hypothesis by investigating the influence of the self-other integration process in romantic love on passability judgments of door-like apertures, an action-anticipation task that rests on the representation of bodily boundaries. Romantically involved and single participants estimated whether they could pass through apertures of different widths. Moreover, inclusion of romantic partner in the self was assessed using the Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) scale. The pattern of correlation and the ratio between participants’ shoulder width and aperture judgments did not differ between romantically involved participants and singles. However, our results revealed that in romantically involved participants, the relationship between individuals’ shoulder width and aperture judgements was moderated by IOS scores. A greater inclusion of romantic partner in the self was associated with a weaker prediction of aperture judgment by participants’ shoulder width. A similar moderating effect of the intensity of romantic feelings (as measured by the passionate love scale) on shoulder width-aperture judgment relationship was found. IOS scores, but not romantic feelings, also moderated aperture judgments made for another individual (third person perspective). Together, these findings are consistent with the view that inclusion of romantic partner in the self triggers cognitive states affecting self-boundaries in the bodily domain.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Research team(s) :

Équipe Action, Vision et Apprentissage (AVA)

Submission date :

2022-05-04T09:51:55Z
2022-05-18T07:52:06Z
2023-09-21T13:08:10Z