Oral reporting of affective pictures related to viewing distance

The goal of the experiment was to expose changes in viewing distance while evaluating and reporting 48 affective (IAPS) pictures. The experiment consisted of 25 female students. Pictures appeared on the screen for 20 secs in random order. After reporting the SAM, the participant orally reported to the experimenter what she saw, what had happened, and what was going to happen in the picture. Results indicated that subjects took the most distance from positive pictures and approached negative pictures, which was in contradiction with earlier studies. The effect of the reporting phase given to the subjects is discussed.