Valdés-Conroy Berenice, Hinojosa José A, Román Francisco J, Romero-Ferreiro Verónica
Department of Basic Psychology I, Complutense University of Madrid.
Pluridisciplinar Institute, Complutense University of Madrid.
Cogn Sci. 2018 Mar;42(2):646-663. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12526. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
Building on evidence for embodied representations, we investigated whether Spanish spatial terms map onto the NEAR/FAR perceptual division of space. Using a long horizontal display, we measured congruency effects during the processing of spatial terms presented in NEAR or FAR space. Across three experiments, we manipulated the task demands in order to investigate the role of endogenous attention in linguistic and perceptual space mapping. We predicted congruency effects only when spatial properties were relevant for the task (reaching estimation task, Experiment 1) but not when attention was allocated to other features (lexical decision, Experiment 2; and color, Experiment 3). Results showed faster responses for words presented in Near-space in all experiments. Consistent with our hypothesis, congruency effects were observed only when a reaching estimate was requested. Our results add important evidence for the role of top-down processing in congruency effects from embodied representations of spatial terms.
基于具身表征的证据，我们研究了西班牙语空间术语是否映射到空间的近/远感知划分上。使用一个长的水平显示屏，我们测量了在近或远空间中呈现的空间术语处理过程中的一致性效应。在三个实验中，我们操纵任务要求，以研究内源性注意力在语言和感知空间映射中的作用。我们预测，只有当空间属性与任务相关时（伸手估计任务，实验1）才会出现一致性效应，而当注意力分配到其他特征时（词汇判断，实验2；颜色，实验3）则不会出现。结果表明，在所有实验中，近空间中呈现的单词反应更快。与我们的假设一致，只有在要求进行伸手估计时才观察到一致性效应。我们的结果为自上而下的加工在空间术语具身表征的一致性效应中的作用提供了重要证据。
