Slepian Michael L, Ambady Nalini
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
Cognition. 2014 Mar;130(3):309-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.006. Epub 2013 Dec 27.
Embodied cognition theory proposes that individuals' abstract concepts can be associated with sensorimotor processes. The authors examined the effects of teaching participants novel embodied metaphors, not based in prior physical experience, and found evidence suggesting that they lead to embodied simulation, suggesting refinements to current models of embodied cognition. Creating novel embodiments of abstract concepts in the laboratory may be a useful method for examining mechanisms of embodied cognition.
具身认知理论提出，个体的抽象概念可以与感觉运动过程相关联。作者研究了向参与者教授并非基于先前身体经验的新型具身隐喻的效果，发现有证据表明这些隐喻会引发具身模拟，这对当前的具身认知模型提出了改进建议。在实验室中创造抽象概念的新型具身形式可能是研究具身认知机制的一种有用方法。
