Previously we found perspective taking (PT) influenced affect ratings of negative pictures more than neutral pictures. The current follow-up experiments extend that research to explore effects of perspective taking with positive valence pictures. We used stimuli consisting of neutral, happy and sad pictures. Stimuli were presented either mixed within blocks (Experiment 1) or separated by emotion (neutrals + happy/sad) into two separate blocks (Experiment 2). Participants rated (from 1‐ to 7 based on emotional strength) stimuli from different perspectives (sensitive/tough/their own, i.e., “me”). Emotional strength rating was a dependent variable. A significant interaction between valence and PT was found in both experiments. The difference between adopting sensitive and tough perspectives toward sadness was larger than toward the neutral condition, replicating our results from the previous study. The same difference (sensitive-tough) was larger toward the happiness condition than toward the neutral one (this was a trend in Experiment 1 and was significant in Experiment 2) and toward the sadness condition than toward the happy one. These results suggest that PT effects on emotional ratings are modulated by valence of stimuli.

以前，我们发现透视拍摄（PT）对负面图片的影响程度大于中性图片。当前的后续实验扩展了该研究，以探索具有正价图像的透视拍摄的效果。我们使用了包含中性，快乐和悲伤图片的刺激。刺激既可以混合在区块中（实验1），也可以通过情绪分离（中性+快乐/悲伤）分成两个独立的区块（实验2）。参与者从不同角度（敏感/强硬/他们自己，即“我”）对刺激进行了评分（根据情感强度从1到7）。情绪强度等级是一个因变量。在两个实验中均发现价与PT之间存在显着的相互作用。对悲伤采取敏感和强硬观点的差异大于对中立状态的差异，复制我们先前研究的结果。朝向幸福状态的相同差异（敏感度-韧性）大于朝向中立状态的差异（这是实验1中的趋势，在实验2中是显着的），而朝向悲伤状态的差异则大于朝向幸福状态。这些结果表明，PT对情绪等级的影响受刺激价的调节。