Vinson David W, Engelen Jan, Zwaan Rolf A, Matlock Teenie, Dale Rick
University of California, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA, 95343, USA.
Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Mem Cognit. 2017 Jul;45(5):852-862. doi: 10.3758/s13421-017-0699-y.
How do language and vision interact? Specifically, what impact can language have on visual processing, especially related to spatial memory? What are typically considered errors in visual processing, such as remembering the location of an object to be farther along its motion trajectory than it actually is, can be explained as perceptual achievements that are driven by our ability to anticipate future events. In two experiments, we tested whether the prior presentation of motion language influences visual spatial memory in ways that afford greater perceptual prediction. Experiment 1 showed that motion language influenced judgments for the spatial memory of an object beyond the known effects of implied motion present in the image itself. Experiment 2 replicated this finding. Our findings support a theory of perception as prediction.
语言和视觉是如何相互作用的？具体而言，语言对视觉处理会产生什么影响，尤其是与空间记忆相关的影响？视觉处理中通常被视为错误的情况，比如记住物体的位置比其实际运动轨迹更远，实际上可以解释为是由我们预测未来事件的能力所驱动的感知成就。在两项实验中，我们测试了运动语言的预先呈现是否会以提供更好感知预测的方式影响视觉空间记忆。实验1表明，运动语言对物体空间记忆的判断产生了影响，超出了图像本身隐含运动的已知效果。实验2重复了这一发现。我们的研究结果支持了一种将感知视为预测的理论。
