A replication attempt of hemispheric differences in semantic-relatedness judgments (Zwaan &amp; Yaxley, 2003)

Berndt, Eduard; Dudschig, Carolin; Miller, Jeff; Kaup, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102871

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“…This was called the “iconicity effect,” which was defined as the facilitation of judgment about the semantic relatedness of word pairs presented in their spatial iconicity form. The spatial iconicity effect has been observed by several authors (e.g., Berndt, Dudschig, Miller & Kaup, 2019; Dudschig, Lachmair, de la Vega, De Filippis & Kaup, 2012; Dudschig, Souman, Lachmair, de la Vega & Kaup, 2013; Estes, Verges & Barsalou, 2008; Ostarek & Vigliocco, 2017; Šetić & Domijan, 2007). These results have been interpreted as the influence of grounded or embodied mental representations in cognition.…”

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“…The spatial iconicity effect that was originally reported by Zwaan and Yaxley (2003) has been supported by a vast quantity of empirical evidence. While this effect has been observed in different variations of the original experiment (e.g., Berndt, Dudschig, Miller & Kaup, 2019;Dudschig, Lachmair, de la Vega, De Filippis & Kaup, 2012;Dudschig, Souman, Lachmair, de la Vega & Kaup, 2013;Estes, Verges & Barsalou, 2008;Ostarek & Vigliocco, 2017;Šetić & Domijan, 2007), we decided to test its capacity in predicting embodiment effects in different semantic categories due to the considerable idiosyncrasy of experimental designs that obtained positive results supporting embodied cognition hypotheses. Thus, the present study analyzed the scope problem concerning the generalizability of particular grounded or embodied cognition experiment results (Machery, 2007) applying the same experimental criteria to different semantic categories.…”

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

Gascón

Martínez-Huertas

Moreno

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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BackgroundPerceptual 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.MethodThe 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.ResultsTwo 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.ConclusionsWithin the framework of strong and weak embodiment theories, the data support weak embodiment theory as the most explicative one.

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

Gascón

Martínez-Huertas

Moreno

et al. 2023

Scandinavian J Psychology

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“…However, if spatial indexing is reflective of the retrieval process (i.e., an amodal explanation), then memory performance will be better when there is a matching visual cue at the retrieval screen as per the evidence demonstrating compatibility effect in memory. Adjudicating modal and amodal explanations is timely and critical considering the conflicting evidence and non-replications (e.g., Berndt et al, 2019) discussed above.…”

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“…In a follow-up study, Zwaan and Yaxley (2003a) replicated the processing advantage with spatially congruent presentation but only when words were presented to the left visual field that corresponds to the right hemisphere, which is responsible for storing and processing visuospatial relations. However, the interaction between match effect and visual field was not replicated when the response side (i.e., right-handed vs. left-handed responses) was counterbalanced between participants (Berndt et al, 2019).…”

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Remembering spatial words: Sensorimotor simulation affects verbal recognition memory

Kumcu

Thompson

2021

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Previous evidence shows that words with implicit spatial meaning or metaphorical spatial associations are perceptually simulated and can guide attention to associated locations (e.g., bird – upward location). In turn, simulated representations interfere with visual perception at an associated location. The present study investigates the effect of spatial associations on short-term verbal recognition memory to disambiguate between modal and amodal accounts of spatial interference effects across two experiments. Participants in both experiments encoded words presented in congruent and incongruent locations. Congruent and incongruent locations were based on an independent norming task. In Experiment 1, an auditorily presented word probed participants’ memory as they were visually cued to either the original location of the probe word or a diagonal location at retrieval. In Experiment 2, there was no cue at retrieval but a neutral encoding condition in which words normed to central locations were shown. Results show that spatial associations affected memory performance although spatial information was neither relevant nor necessary for successful retrieval: Words in Experiment 1 were retrieved more accurately when there was a visual cue in the congruent location at retrieval but only if they were encoded in a non-canonical position. A visual cue in the congruent location slowed down memory performance when retrieving highly imageable words. With no cue at retrieval (Experiment 2), participants were better at remembering spatially congruent words as opposed to neutral words. Results provide evidence in support of sensorimotor simulation in verbal memory and a perceptual competition account of spatial interference effect.

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Visual simulations in the two cerebral hemispheres: A bilingual perspective

Norman

Peleg

2023

Brain and Language

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A replication attempt of hemispheric differences in semantic-relatedness judgments (Zwaan & Yaxley, 2003)

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

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

Remembering spatial words: Sensorimotor simulation affects verbal recognition memory

Visual simulations in the two cerebral hemispheres: A bilingual perspective

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