Perception of Strength and Power of Realistic Male Characters

Wellerdiek, AC; Breidt, M; Geuss, MN; Streuber, S; Kloos, U; Black, MJ; Mohler, BJ

doi:10.1145/2804408.2804413

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Perception of Strength and Power of Realistic Male Characters

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Wellerdiek, AC
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Breidt, M
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Geuss, MN
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Streuber, S
Department Human Perception, Cognition and Action, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

Black, MJ
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Max Planck Society;

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Mohler, BJ
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;
Research Group Space and Body Perception, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society;

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Wellerdiek, A., Breidt, M., Geuss, M., Streuber, S., Kloos, U., Black, M., et al. (2015). Perception of Strength and Power of Realistic Male Characters. In L. Trutoiu, S. Kull, B. Sanders, & R. Mantiuk (Eds.), ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Applied Perception (SAP 2015) (pp. 7-14). New York, NY, USA: ACM Press.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002A-44C7-C

Abstract

We investigated the influence of body shape and pose on the perception of physical strength and social power for male virtual characters. In the first experiment, participants judged the physical strength of varying body shapes, derived from a statistical 3D body model. Based on these ratings, we determined three body shapes (weak, average, and strong) and animated them with a set of power poses for the second experiment. Participants rated how strong or powerful they perceived virtual characters of varying body shapes that were displayed in different poses. Our results show that perception of physical strength was mainly driven by the shape of the body. However, the social attribute of power was influenced by an interaction between pose and shape. Specifically, the effect of pose on power ratings was greater for weak body shapes. These results demonstrate that a character with a weak shape can be perceived as more powerful when in a high-power pose.