Suggate, Sebastian and Lehmann, Jennifer and Stoeger, Heidrun and Jansen, Petra (2019) Cognition embodied: mental rotation is faster for objects that imply a greater body-object interaction. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 31 (8). pp. 876-980. ISSN 2044-5911, 2044-592X
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Mental imagery constitutes internal simulations of the external environment, which, according to theories of embodied cognition, is affected by sensorimotor processes. Accordingly, we test the influence on mental imagery of (a) the degree to which stimuli imply a body-object interaction (BOI) and manipulability, and (b) fine motor skills (FMS), using a chronometric mental rotation task. The mental rotation task involved stimuli that differed according to whether they implied a high or a low BOI. Additionally, participants (N = 102) completed FMS, vocabulary and processing speed tasks. Results indicated that high-BOI words resulted in smaller response latencies; however, FMS was not a significant predictor. Findings are discussed in terms of embodied effects on mental imagery.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | FINE MOTOR-SKILLS; IMAGERY; LANGUAGE; PERFORMANCE; SYSTEM; REPRESENTATIONS; RECOGNITION; ACTIVATION; EXPERIENCE; READINESS; Mental rotation; fine motor skills; embodied cognition; body-object interaction; grounded cognition |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology 300 Social sciences > 360 Social services; association |
| Divisions: | Human Sciences > Institut für Bildungswissenschaft > Lehrstuhl für Schulpädagogik (Prof. Dr. Heidrun Stöger) Human Sciences > Institut für Sportwissenschaft |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2020 11:09 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Apr 2020 11:09 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25973 |
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