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

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 p...

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Autores: León, José A., Moreno, D., Martín, L. A, Martínez Huertas, José Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Spatial iconicity
embodied cognition
abstract concept
physical concept
social concept
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spelling Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categoriesLeón, José A.Moreno, D.Martín, L. AMartínez Huertas, José ÁngelSpatial iconicityembodied cognitionabstract conceptphysical conceptsocial conceptBackground 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.Wileye-Spacio UNED20242024-05-2020232023-10-0120232023-10-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/12587reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0oai:e-spacio.uned.es:20.500.14468/125872026-06-06T12:38:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
title Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
spellingShingle Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
León, José A.
Spatial iconicity
embodied cognition
abstract concept
physical concept
social concept
title_short Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
title_full Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
title_fullStr Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
title_full_unstemmed Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
title_sort Strong versus weak embodiment: Spatial iconicity in physical, abstract, and social semantic categories
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv León, José A.
Moreno, D.
Martín, L. A
Martínez Huertas, José Ángel
author León, José A.
author_facet León, José A.
Moreno, D.
Martín, L. A
Martínez Huertas, José Ángel
author_role author
author2 Moreno, D.
Martín, L. A
Martínez Huertas, José Ángel
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Spatial iconicity
embodied cognition
abstract concept
physical concept
social concept
topic Spatial iconicity
embodied cognition
abstract concept
physical concept
social concept
description 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.
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