Weger Ulrich W, Meier Brian P, Robinson Michael D, Inhoff Albrecht W
State University of New York, Binghamton, New York, USA.
Psychon Bull Rev. 2007 Jun;14(3):517-21. doi: 10.3758/bf03194100.
Recent studies have documented robust and intriguing associations between affect and performance in cognitive tasks. The present two experiments sought to extend this line of work with reference to potential cross-modal effects. Specifically, the present studies examined whether word evaluations would bias subsequent judgments of low- and high-pitch tones. Because affective metaphors and related associations consistently indicate that positive is high and negative is low, we predicted and found that positive evaluations biased tone judgment in the direction of high-pitch tones, whereas the opposite was true of negative evaluations. Effects were found on accuracy rates, response biases, and reaction times. These effects occurred despite the irrelevance of prime evaluations to the tone judgment task. In addition to clarifying the nature of these cross-modal associations, the present results further the idea that affective evaluations exert large effects on perceptual judgments related to verticality.
最近的研究记录了情感与认知任务表现之间强大且有趣的关联。目前的这两项实验试图参照潜在的跨模态效应来拓展这一研究方向。具体而言，本研究考察了词语评价是否会对随后对低音和高音的判断产生偏差。由于情感隐喻及相关联想一直表明积极为高、消极为低，我们预测并发现积极评价会使音调判断偏向高音调，而消极评价则相反。在准确率、反应偏差和反应时间方面均发现了效应。尽管启动评价与音调判断任务无关，但这些效应依然出现。除了阐明这些跨模态关联的性质外，本研究结果还进一步支持了情感评价对与垂直性相关的知觉判断产生重大影响这一观点。
