Matching between oral inward–outward movements of object names and oral movements associated with denoted objects
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In: Cognition and Emotion, Vol. 31, No. 1, 02.01.2017, p. 3-18.
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T1 - Matching between oral inward–outward movements of object names and oral movements associated with denoted objects
AU - Topolinski, Sascha
AU - Boecker, Lea
AU - Erle, Thorsten M.
AU - Bakhtiari, Giti
AU - Pecher, Diane
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - In eight experiments, we explored matching effects between oral approach-avoidance movements triggered by word articulation and meaning of the objects the words denoted. Participants (total N = 1264) rated their liking for words that featured consonantal muscle stricture spots either wandering inwards (e.g., BODIKA, resembling ingestion movements) or outwards (e.g., KODIBA, resembling expectoration movements). These words were labelled as names for various objects. For objects the use of which entails ingestive oral actions (lemonade and mouthwash) inward words were preferred over outward words. For objects that trigger expectorative oral actions (toxical chemical, pill, and bubble gum) this preference was attenuated or even reversed (outward words were liked more than inward). Valence of the denoted object did not play a role in these modulations. Thus, the sagittal direction of mouth movements during silent reading meaningfully interacted with direction of oral actions associated with the denoted objects.
AB - In eight experiments, we explored matching effects between oral approach-avoidance movements triggered by word articulation and meaning of the objects the words denoted. Participants (total N = 1264) rated their liking for words that featured consonantal muscle stricture spots either wandering inwards (e.g., BODIKA, resembling ingestion movements) or outwards (e.g., KODIBA, resembling expectoration movements). These words were labelled as names for various objects. For objects the use of which entails ingestive oral actions (lemonade and mouthwash) inward words were preferred over outward words. For objects that trigger expectorative oral actions (toxical chemical, pill, and bubble gum) this preference was attenuated or even reversed (outward words were liked more than inward). Valence of the denoted object did not play a role in these modulations. Thus, the sagittal direction of mouth movements during silent reading meaningfully interacted with direction of oral actions associated with the denoted objects.
KW - Psychology
KW - approach-acoidance
KW - articulation
KW - embodiment
KW - implicit attitudes
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84939478841&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/02699931.2015.1073692
DO - 10.1080/02699931.2015.1073692
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 26284430
VL - 31
SP - 3
EP - 18
JO - Cognition and Emotion
JF - Cognition and Emotion
SN - 0269-9931
IS - 1
ER -