Sharing the moment:  the duration of embraces in humans

Emese Nagy

doi:10.1007/s10164-010-0260-y

Sharing the moment: the duration of embraces in humans

Emese Nagy

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Abstract

Moments of some gestures may stand out from our constantly flowing life-time as memorable experiences. We feel subjective moments as our psychological present. Few behavioral acts can express a shared subjective experience so easily observable than people's embraces after a significant life-event. Spontaneous embraces from the 2008 Summer Olympics Games were analysed, and were found to last for about 3 s, comparable to previously described perceptual and motor units in humans and also in other primate species. These 3-s segments of time are suggested to be the basic temporal building blocks of our behaviourally expressed subjective experiences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	389-393
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Ethology
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-010-0260-y
Publication status	Published - May 2011

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