ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Wearing a Mask Increases Present Mindedness
- Shinjung Kim
Yonsei University - Eunkook Suh
Yonsei University
Abstract
It was hypothesized that mask-wearing increases visceral discomfort (stuffiness), which may temporarily shift the person’s time perspective. As expected, wearing (vs. taking off) a mask led participants to focus more on the present than the future.
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