Globig Laura K, Hartmann Matthias, Martarelli Corinna S
Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Faculty of Psychology, Swiss Distance Learning University, Brig, Switzerland.
Front Psychol. 2019 Mar 26;10:672. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00672. eCollection 2019.
Numerous studies have found an association between valence and the vertical dimension of space (good-up, bad-down). This association has also been linked to sensorimotor experiences (e.g., body movements). In this study, we investigated whether body movements along the vertical plane play an active role in the retrieval of positive and negative words (as well as words with a more explicit association with up and down). Twenty-five participants were presented with a list of nouns associated with space (e.g., satellite, underground) and a list of nouns associated with emotions (e.g., joy, war). Subsequently, they had to retrieve the words while performing vertical head movements. We found a vertical effect in that participants retrieved more positive words when moving their head upward and more negative words when moving the head downward. These results illustrate that overt body movements are indeed associated with emotional information and can thereby influence what we remember. We conclude that abstract concepts such as emotional representations are inherently linked to motor action and are grounded in space.
众多研究发现效价与空间的垂直维度（积极向上、消极向下）之间存在关联。这种关联也与感觉运动体验（如身体动作）有关。在本研究中，我们调查了沿垂直平面的身体动作在积极和消极词汇（以及与上下有更明确关联的词汇）检索中是否发挥积极作用。向25名参与者展示了与空间相关的名词列表（如卫星、地下）和与情绪相关的名词列表（如喜悦、战争）。随后，他们在进行垂直头部动作时必须检索这些单词。我们发现了一种垂直效应，即参与者向上移动头部时检索到更多积极词汇，向下移动头部时检索到更多消极词汇。这些结果表明，明显的身体动作确实与情绪信息相关联，从而可以影响我们的记忆。我们得出结论，诸如情绪表征等抽象概念本质上与运动动作相关联，并基于空间。
