Marmolejo-Ramos Fernando, Arshamian Artin, Tirado Carlos, Ospina Raydonal, Larsson Maria
School of Psychology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Front Psychol. 2019 Feb 27;10:352. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00352. eCollection 2019.
Research on the metaphorical mapping of valenced concepts onto space indicates that positive, neutral, and negative concepts are mapped onto upward, midward, and downward locations, respectively. More recently, this type of research has been tested for the very first time in 3D physical space. The findings corroborate the mapping of valenced concepts onto the vertical space as described above but further show that positive and negative concepts are placed close to and away from the body; neutral concepts are placed midway. The current study aimed at investigating whether valenced perceptual stimuli are positioned onto 3D space akin to the way valenced concepts are positioned. By using a unique device known as the cognition cube, participants placed visual, auditory, tactile and olfactory stimuli on 3D space. The results mimicked the placing of valenced concepts onto 3D space; i.e., positive percepts were placed in upward and close-to-the-body locations and negative percepts were placed in downward and away-from-the-body locations; neutral percepts were placed midway. These pattern of results was more pronounced in the case of visual stimuli, followed by auditory, tactile, and olfactory stimuli. Significance Statement Just recently, a unique device called "the cognition cube" (CC) enabled to find that positive words are mapped onto upward and close-to-the-body locations and negative words are mapped onto downward and away-from-the-body locations; neutral words are placed midway. This way of placing words in relation to the body is consistent with an approach-avoidance effect such that "good" and "bad" things are kept close to and away from one's body. We demonstrate for the very first time that this same pattern emerges when visual, auditory, tactile, and olfactory perceptual stimuli are placed on 3D physical space. We believe these results are significant in that the CC can be used as a new tool to diagnose emotion-related disorders.
关于价态概念在空间上的隐喻映射研究表明，积极、中性和消极概念分别映射到向上、中间和向下的位置。最近，这类研究首次在三维物理空间中进行了测试。研究结果证实了上述价态概念在垂直空间上的映射，但进一步表明，积极和消极概念分别放置在靠近身体和远离身体的位置；中性概念放置在中间位置。当前的研究旨在调查价态感知刺激在三维空间中的定位方式是否类似于价态概念的定位方式。通过使用一种名为认知立方体的独特设备，参与者将视觉、听觉、触觉和嗅觉刺激放置在三维空间中。结果模仿了价态概念在三维空间中的放置方式；即，积极感知放置在向上且靠近身体的位置，消极感知放置在向下且远离身体的位置；中性感知放置在中间位置。这种结果模式在视觉刺激的情况下更为明显，其次是听觉、触觉和嗅觉刺激。意义声明 最近，一种名为“认知立方体”（CC）的独特设备发现，积极词汇映射到向上且靠近身体的位置，消极词汇映射到向下且远离身体的位置；中性词汇放置在中间位置。这种将词汇与身体相关放置的方式与一种趋近-回避效应相一致，即“好”与“坏”的事物分别保持在靠近和远离身体的位置。我们首次证明，当视觉、听觉、触觉和嗅觉感知刺激放置在三维物理空间中时，会出现相同的模式。我们认为这些结果意义重大，因为认知立方体可作为诊断与情绪相关障碍的新工具。
