Does approach motivation account for the impact of locomotion on positive affect

摘要: Moving around seems to make us feel better...but why? In this dissertation I draw from research on affect, approach motivation, and embodied cognition suggesting that locomotion (i.e., walking) facilitates positive affect because it increases sensitivity rewards, a key aspect of motivation. Approach motivation is an organismic tendency, either dispositional or induced, pursue needed resources rewarding experiences. To test the mediational hypothesis mediates impact two studies were conducted hypotheses tested using statistical bootstrapping procedures. Study 1, in form walk increased incentivized performance card-sorting task. According results analyses, task partially mediated relationship between change, although overall effect did not reach significance. 2, self-reported mediating backing 1. However, another proposed measure object desirability, was impacted by locomotion. Taken together, these support causal when measured behaviorally as reward-sensitivity (Study 1) readiness respond rewards 2). short, our invest effort obtaining better.