Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories

León, J. A., Martínez-Huertas, José Ángel, Moreno, J. D. y Martín, L. A . (2023) Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

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Título Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
Autor(es) León, J. A.
Martínez-Huertas, José Ángel
Moreno, J. D.
Martín, L. A
Materia(s) Psicología
Abstract Background Perceptual and action systems seem to be related to complex cognitive processes, but the scope of grounded or embodied cognition has been questioned. Zwaan and Yaxley (2003) proposed that cognitive processes of making semantic relatedness judgments can be facilitated when word pairs are presented in ways that their referents maintain their iconic configuration rather than their reverse-iconic configuration (the spatial iconicity effect). This effect has been observed in different semantic categories using specific experiments, but it is known that embodiment is highly dependent on task demands. Method The present study analyzed the spatial iconicity effect in three semantic categories (physical, abstract, and social) using the same experimental criteria to determine the scope of embodied cognition. In this reaction-time experiment, 75 participants judged the semantic relatedness of 384 word pairs whose experimental items were presented in their iconic or reverse-iconic configurations. Results Two mixed-effects models with crossed random effects revealed that the interaction between word meaning and spatial position was present only for physical concepts but neither for abstract nor social concepts. Conclusions Within the framework of strong and weak embodiment theories, the data support weak embodiment theory as the most explicative one.
Palabras clave Spatial iconicity
embodied cognition
abstract concept
physical concept
social concept
Editor(es) Wiley
Fecha 2023-10
Formato application/pdf
Identificador bibliuned:DptoMCC-FPSI-Articulos-Jamartinez-0031
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DOI - identifier https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12909
ISSN - identifier 0036-5564; eISSN 1467-9450
Nombre de la revista Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Número de Volumen 64
Número de Issue 5
Página inicial 574
Página final 581
Publicado en la Revista Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Idioma eng
Versión de la publicación publishedVersion
Tipo de recurso Article
Derechos de acceso y licencia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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Notas adicionales La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2023) 64-5 p. 574-581, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Wiley; https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12909
Notas adicionales The registered version of this article, first published in Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (2023) 64-5 p. 574-581, is available online at the publisher's website: Wiley; https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12909

 
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