Up and Down, Front and Back Movement and Meaning in the Vertical and Sagittal Axes

作者：Koch Sabine C^*; Glawe Stefanie; Holt Daniel V

来源：Social Psychology, 2011, 42(3): 214-224.

DOI：10.1027/1864-9335/a000065

• spatial bias
• vertical axis
• sagittal axis
• directional movement
• embodiment
• embodied memory

The present study shows how directional movement is related to meaning. We measured the influence of congruent versus incongruent movement - meaning pairings on reaction times in a Stroop-type categorization task. Movement-related words corresponding to the vertical up-down axis (e.g., happiness - grief; successful; to sink) and to the sagittal front-back axis (e.g., tomorrow - yesterday; decisive; to retreat) were coupled with actual movement in the vertical and sagittal axes. The color of the word appearing on a computer screen indicated the movement direction, creating congruent and incongruent movement - meaning trials. Participants reacted faster on congruent trials (e.g., happy - upward movement; decisive - forward movement) than on incongruent trials (e.g., happy - downward movement; decisive - backward movement). Results supported the hypothesized movement - meaning relation for both the vertical and the sagittal dimensions.

• 出版日期2011