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Impact of Negative Emotion and Social Influence on Pre-Evacuation Decision-Making

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Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

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Abstract

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 1260-1263, September 2025.
This study examines how fear and social influence affect pre-evacuation decisions. Twenty-two participants underwent fear induction and were exposed to either passive or active confederate behavior during an unannounced alarm. Data on subjective emotion ...