a School of Psychology , The University of Adelaide , Adelaide , Australia.
b Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology , Stockholm University , Stockholm , Sweden.
Cogn Emot. 2018 Jun;32(4):709-718. doi: 10.1080/02699931.2017.1344121. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
The valence-space metaphor research area investigates the metaphorical mapping of valenced concepts onto space. Research findings from this area indicate that positive, neutral, and negative concepts are associated with upward, midward, and downward locations, respectively, in the vertical plane. The same research area has also indicated that such concepts seem to have no preferential location on the horizontal plane. The approach-avoidance effect consists in decreasing the distance between positive stimuli and the body (i.e. approach) and increasing the distance between negative stimuli and the body (i.e. avoid). Thus, the valence-space metaphor accounts for the mapping of valenced concepts onto the vertical and horizontal planes, and the approach-avoidance effect accounts for the mapping of valenced concepts onto the "depth" plane. By using a cube conceived for the study of allocation of valenced concepts onto 3D space, we show in three studies that positive concepts are placed in upward locations and near the participants' body, negative concepts are placed in downward locations and far from the participants' body, and neutral concepts are placed in between these concepts in both planes.
价空间隐喻研究领域研究了将有价值的概念映射到空间上的隐喻。该领域的研究结果表明，积极、中性和消极的概念分别与垂直平面中的向上、中间和向下位置相关。同一研究领域还表明，这些概念在水平面上似乎没有优先位置。趋近回避效应包括减少积极刺激与身体之间的距离（即趋近）和增加消极刺激与身体之间的距离（即回避）。因此，价空间隐喻解释了将有价值的概念映射到垂直和水平平面上的方式，而趋近回避效应则解释了将有价值的概念映射到“深度”平面上的方式。通过使用一个为研究有价值的概念在 3D 空间上的分配而设计的立方体，我们在三项研究中表明，积极的概念被放置在向上的位置，靠近参与者的身体，消极的概念被放置在向下的位置，远离参与者的身体，而中性的概念则被放置在这两个平面上的这两个概念之间。
