Dudschig Carolin, de la Vega Irmgard, De Filippis Monica, Kaup Barbara
Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Cortex. 2014 Sep;58:151-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.06.003. Epub 2014 Jun 17.
Grounded models of language processing propose a strong connection between language and sensorimotor processes (Barsalou, 1999, 2008; Glenberg & Kaschak, 2002). However, it remains unclear how functional and automatic these connections are for understanding diverse sets of words (Ansorge, Kiefer, Khalid, Grassl, & König, 2010). Here, we investigate whether words referring to entities with a typical location in the upper or lower visual field (e.g., sun, ground) automatically influence subsequent motor responses even when language-processing levels are kept minimal. The results show that even subliminally presented words influence subsequent actions, as can be seen in a reversed compatibility effect. These finding have several implications for grounded language processing models. Specifically, these results suggest that language-action interconnections are not only the result of strategic language processes, but already play an important role during pre-attentional language processing stages.
语言处理的扎根模型提出了语言与感觉运动过程之间的紧密联系（巴萨洛，1999年，2008年；格伦伯格和卡沙克，2002年）。然而，这些联系对于理解不同词汇集的功能和自动程度仍不清楚（安索尔格、基弗、哈利德、格拉斯尔和柯尼希，2010年）。在此，我们研究了即使在语言处理水平保持最低限度的情况下，指代在上视野或下视野中具有典型位置的实体的词汇（例如，太阳、地面）是否会自动影响随后的运动反应。结果表明，即使是阈下呈现的词汇也会影响随后的动作，这在反向兼容性效应中可见。这些发现对扎根语言处理模型有若干启示。具体而言，这些结果表明语言 - 动作的相互联系不仅是策略性语言过程的结果，而且在注意前语言处理阶段就已经发挥重要作用。
