Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306, United States.
Brain Lang. 2011 Apr;117(1):39-44. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.07.003. Epub 2010 Aug 8.
We explore whether time shifts in text comprehension are represented spatially. Participants read sentences involving past or future events and made sensibility judgment responses in one of two ways: (1) moving toward or away from their body and (2) pressing the toward or away buttons without moving. Previous work suggests that spatial compatibility effects should be observed, where the future is mapped onto responses away from the body, and the past is mapped onto responses toward the body. These effects were observed, but only when participants were moving to make their responses, and only for larger time shifts (e.g., a month).
我们探讨了在文本理解中，时间变化是否具有空间表现形式。参与者阅读涉及过去或未来事件的句子，并通过以下两种方式之一做出感知判断反应：(1) 向身体移动或远离身体，(2) 在不移动的情况下按下朝向或远离按钮。之前的工作表明，应该观察到空间兼容性效应，其中未来映射到远离身体的反应上，过去映射到朝向身体的反应上。这些效应确实存在，但仅当参与者移动做出反应时才会出现，并且仅在较大的时间变化（例如一个月）时才会出现。
