AUTHOR=Koskinen Emmi , Tuhkanen Samuel , Järvensivu Milla , Savander Enikö , Valkeapää Taina , Valkia Kaisa , Weiste Elina , Stevanovic Melisa 

TITLE=The Psychophysiological Experience of Solving Moral Dilemmas Together: An Interdisciplinary Comparison Between Participants With and Without Depression

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication

VOLUME=6

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2021.625968

DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2021.625968

ISSN=2297-900X

ABSTRACT=<p>Dyads with a depressed and a non-depressed participant (<italic>N</italic> = 15) and two non-depressed participants (<italic>N</italic> = 15) discussed a moral dilemma, during which the participants’ gaze direction and skin conductance (SC) were measured. Partner gazing occurred most frequently when a speaker took a strong stance toward saving a person in the dilemma, depressed participants however looking at their co-participants less often than non-depressed participants. The participants’ SC response rates were higher during responsive utterances expressing disagreement (vs. agreement) with co-participant ideas or suggesting that a person be sacrificed (vs. saved). We argue that a better understanding of the affective corollaries of human social interaction necessitates a balanced consideration of both contents of talk and behavioral patterns.</p>