1887
  1. Home
  2. e-Journals
  3. The Mental Lexicon
  4. Volume 12, Issue 1
  5. Article
Volume 12, Issue 1
  • ISSN 1871-1340
  • E-ISSN: 1871-1375
GBP
Buy:£15.00 + Taxes

Abstract

Several previous studies have shown that the time-course of word recognition is determined in part by an interaction between connotations of Danger and Usefulness. A small, mostly separate literature has investigated the role of Body-Object Interaction (BOI) in lexical processing. BOI is defined as the ease with which one can interact with an object. To date the lexical decision study of Van Havermaet and Wurm (2014) is the only study to include all three of these constructs. Stimuli in the current study were black-and-white line drawings corresponding to the common nouns used by Van Havermaet and Wurm (2014) . Participants viewed the stimuli one at a time in a random order and had to name them as quickly as possible. Naming times revealed a significant three-way interaction between Danger, Usefulness, and BOI similar to that found for visual lexical decision: The familiar Danger x Usefulness interaction, observed in many previous studies, was observed only for items relatively lower on BOI. The interaction between semantic and embodied processing variables is not restricted to purely linguistic stimuli.

© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
2017-06-18
2024-04-19

  • From This Site

    /content/journals/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
    dcterms_title,dcterms_subject,pub_keyword
    -contentType:Journal -contentType:Contributor -contentType:Concept -contentType:Institution
    10
    5
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

References

  1. Baayen, R. H. , Davidson, D. J. , & Bates, B. M.
    (2008) Mixed-effects modeling with crossed random effects for subjects and items. Journal of Memory and Language, 59, 390–412. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.12.005
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2007.12.005 [Google Scholar]
  2. Balota, D. A. , Yap, M. J. , Cortese, M. J. , Hutchison, K. A. , Kessler, B. , Loftis, B. , Neely, J. H. , Nelson, D. L. , Simpson, G. B. , & Treiman, R.
    (2007) The English Lexicon Project. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 445–459. doi: 10.3758/BF03193014
     https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03193014 [Google Scholar]
  3. Barsalou, L. W.
    (1999) Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22(4), 577–660. doi: 10.1017/s0140525x99002149
     https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x99002149 [Google Scholar]
  4. (2008) Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617–645. doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093639
     https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.59.103006.093639 [Google Scholar]
  5. Bennett, S. D. R. , Burnett, A. N. , Siakaluk, P. D. , & Pexman, P. M.
    (2011) Imageability and body-object interaction ratings for 599 multisyllabic nouns. Behavior Research, 43, 1100–1109. doi: 10.3758/s13428‑011‑0117‑5
     https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-011-0117-5 [Google Scholar]
  6. Chen, S. , & Bargh, J. A.
    (1999) Consequences of automatic evaluation: Immediate behavior predispositions to approach or avoid the stimulus. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25 (5–6), 215–224. doi: 10.1177/0146167299025002007
     https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167299025002007 [Google Scholar]
  7. Glenberg, A. M. , & Kaschak, M. P.
    (2002) Grounding language in action. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9(3), 558–565. doi: 10.3758/bf03196313
     https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196313 [Google Scholar]
  8. Hansen, D. , Siakaluk, P. D. , & Pexman, P. M.
    (2012), The influence of print exposure on the body-object interaction effect in visual word recognition. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(113), 1–12. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00113
     https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00113 [Google Scholar]
  9. Hargreaves, I. S. , Leonard, G. A. , Pexman, P. M. , Pittman, D. J. , Siakaluk, P. D. , & Goodyear, B. G.
    (2012) Neural correlates of the body-object interaction effect in semantic processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(22), 1–8. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00022
     https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00022 [Google Scholar]
  10. Hauk, O. , & Pulvermüller, F.
    (2004) Neurophysiological Distinction of Action Words in the Fronto-Central Cortex. Human Brain Mapping, 21(3), 191–201. doi: 10.1002/hbm.10157
     https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.10157 [Google Scholar]
  11. Havas, D. A. , Glenberg, A. M. , & Rinck, M.
    (2007) Emotion simulation during language comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14(3), 436–441. doi: 10.3758/bf03194085
     https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03194085 [Google Scholar]
  12. Jostmann, N. B. , Lakens, D. , & Schubert, T. W.
    (2009) Weight as an embodiment of importance. Psychological Science, 20(9), 1169–1174. doi: 10.1111/j.1467‑9280.2009.02426.x
     https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02426.x [Google Scholar]
  13. Kryuchkova, T. , Tucker, B. V. , Wurm, L. H. , & Baayen, R. H.
    (2012) Danger and usefulness are detected early in auditory lexical processing: Evidence from electroencephalography. Brain and Language, 122, 81–91. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.05.005
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.05.005 [Google Scholar]
  14. Kuznetsova, A. , Brockhoff, P. B. , & Christensen, R. H. B.
    (2014) The lmerTest library, version 2.0–6. cran.r-project.org/web/packages/lmerTest/index.html.
  15. Lee, S. W. S. , & Schwarz, N.
    (2010) Dirty hands and dirty mouths: Embodiment of the moral-purity metaphor is specific to the motor modality involved in moral transgression. Psychological Science, 21(10), 1423–1425. doi: 10.1177/0956797610382788
     https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797610382788 [Google Scholar]
  16. Louwerse, M. M. & Jeuniaux, P.
    (2010) The linguistic and embodied nature of conceptual processing. Cognition, 114(1), 96–104. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.09.002
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2009.09.002 [Google Scholar]
  17. Meier, B. P. , & Robinson, M. D.
    (2004) Why the sunny side is up: Associations between affect and vertical position. Psychological Science, 15(4), 243–247. doi: 10.1111/j.0956‑7976.2004.00659.x
     https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00659.x [Google Scholar]
  18. Myung, J.-y. , Blumstein, S. E. , & Sedivy, J. C.
    (2006) Playing on the typewriter, typing on the piano: Manipulation knowledge of objects. Cognition, 98(3), 223–243. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2004.11.010
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2004.11.010 [Google Scholar]
  19. Newcombe, P. I. , Campbell, C. , Siakaluk, P. D. , & Pexman, P. M.
    (2012) Effects of emotional and sensorimotor knowledge in semantic processing of concrete and abstract nouns. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(275), 1–15. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00275
     https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00275 [Google Scholar]
  20. Proffitt, D. R. , Stefanucci, J. , Banton, T. , & Epstein, W.
    (2003) The role of effort in perceiving distance. Psychological Science, 14(2), 106–112. doi: 10.1111/1467‑9280.t01‑1‑01427
     https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9280.t01-1-01427 [Google Scholar]
  21. Pulvermüller, F. , Härle, M. , & Hummel, F.
    (2001) Walking or talking?: Behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of action verb processing. Brain and Language, 78, 143–168. doi: 10.1006/brln.2000.2390
     https://doi.org/10.1006/brln.2000.2390 [Google Scholar]
  22. Pulvermüller, F. , Hauk, O. , Nikulin, V. V. , & llmoniemi, R. J.
    (2005) Functional links between motor and language systems. European Journal of Neuroscience, 21(3), 793–797. doi: 10.1111/j.1460‑9568.2005.03900.x
     https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.03900.x [Google Scholar]
  23. R core team
    R core team (2013) R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing. Vienna, Austria. www.R-project.org.
     [Google Scholar]
  24. Siakaluk, P. D. , Pexman, P. M. , Aguilera, L. , Owen, W. J. , & Sears, C. R.
    (2008a) Evidence for the activation of sensorimotor information during visual word recognition: The body-object interaction effect. Cognition, 106(1), 433–443. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.011
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2006.12.011 [Google Scholar]
  25. Siakaluk, P. D. , Pexman, P. M. , Sears, C. R. , Wilson, K. , Locheed, K. , & Owen, W. J.
    (2008b) The benefits of sensorimotor knowledge: Body-object interaction facilitates semantic processing. Cognitive Science, 32(3), 591–605. doi: 10.1080/03640210802035399
     https://doi.org/10.1080/03640210802035399 [Google Scholar]
  26. Sidhu, D. M. , Kwan, R. , Pexman, P. , & Siakaluk, P. D.
    (2014) Effects of relative embodiment in lexical and semantic processing. Acta Psychologica, 149, 32–39. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.02.009
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2014.02.009 [Google Scholar]
  27. Snodgrass, J. G. , & Vanderwart, M.
    (1980) A standardized set of 260 pictures: Norms for name agreement, image agreement, familiarity, and visual complexity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory, 6(2), 174–215. doi: 10.1037/0278‑7393.6.2.174
     https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.6.2.174 [Google Scholar]
  28. Strack, F. , Martin, L. L. , & Stepper, S.
    (1988) Inhibiting and facilitating conditions of the human smile: A nonobtrusive test of the facial feedback hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54(5), 768–777. doi: 10.1037/0022‑3514.54.5.768
     https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.54.5.768 [Google Scholar]
  29. Szekely, A. , Jacobsen, T. , D’Amico, S. , Devescovi, A. , Andonova, E. , Herron, D. , et al.
    (2004) A new on-line resource for psycholinguistic studies. Journal of Memory and Language, 51, 247–250. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2004.03.002
     https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2004.03.002 [Google Scholar]
  30. Tabachnik, B. G. , & Fidell, L. S.
    (2007) Using multivariate statistics (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education, Inc.
     [Google Scholar]
  31. Tillotson, S. M. , Siakaluk, P. D. , & Pexman, P. M.
    (2008) Body-object interaction ratings for 1,618 monosyllabic nouns. Behavior Research Methods, 40(4), 1075–1078. doi: 10.3758/brm.40.4.1075
     https://doi.org/10.3758/brm.40.4.1075 [Google Scholar]
  32. Tom, G. , Pettersen, P. , Lau, T. , Burton, T. , & Cook, J.
    (1991) The role of overt head movement in the formation of affect. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 12(3), 281–289. doi: 10.1207/s15324834basp1203_3
     https://doi.org/10.1207/s15324834basp1203_3 [Google Scholar]
  33. Tousignant, C. & Pexman, P.
    (2012) Flexible recruitment of semantic richness: context modulates body-object interaction effects in lexical-semantic processing. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(53), 1–7. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00053
     https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00053 [Google Scholar]
  34. Vakoch, D. A. , & Wurm, L. H.
    (1997) Emotional connotation in speech perception: Semantic associations in the general lexicon. Cognition and Emotion, 11(4), 337–349. doi: 10.1080/026999397379827
     https://doi.org/10.1080/026999397379827 [Google Scholar]
  35. Van Havermaet, L. R. , & Wurm, L. H.
    (2014) Semantic effects in word recognition are moderated by body-object interaction. The Mental Lexicon, 9(1), 1–22. doi: 10.1075/ml.9.1.01hav
     https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.9.1.01hav [Google Scholar]
  36. Wellsby, M. , Siakaluk, P. D. , Owen, W. J. , & Pexman, P. M.
    (2011) Embodied semantic processing: The body-object interaction effect in a non-manual task. Language and Cognition, 3(1), 1–14. doi: 10.1515/langcog.2011.001
     https://doi.org/10.1515/langcog.2011.001 [Google Scholar]
  37. Wilson, M.
    (1988) MRC Psycholinguistic Database: Machine-usable dictionary, Version 2.00. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 20(1), 6–10. doi: 10.3758/bf03202594
     https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03202594 [Google Scholar]
  38. (2002) Six views of embodied cognition. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 9(4), 625–636. doi: 10.3758/bf03196322
     https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03196322 [Google Scholar]
  39. Witherell, D. , Wurm, L. H. , Seaman, S. R. , Brugnone, N. A. , & Fulford, E. T.
    (2012) Danger and Usefulness effects as a function of concept ancientness. The Mental Lexicon, 7(2), 183–209. doi: 10.1075/ml.7.2.03wit
     https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.7.2.03wit [Google Scholar]
  40. Wurm, L. H.
    (2007) Danger and usefulness: An alternative framework for understanding rapid evaluation effects in perception?Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1218–1225. doi: 10.3758/bf03193116
     https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193116 [Google Scholar]
  41. (2015) Auditory and visual processing of novel stimuli are affected by subjective connotations of danger and usefulness. The Mental Lexicon, 10(1), 1–31. doi: 10.1075/ml.10.1.01wur
     https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.10.1.01wur [Google Scholar]
  42. Wurm, L. H. , & Seaman, S. R.
    (2008) Semantic effects in naming and perceptual identification, but not in delayed naming: Implications for models and tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 34, 381–398. doi: 10.1037/0278‑7393.34.2.381
     https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.34.2.381 [Google Scholar]
  43. Wurm, L. H. , & Vakoch, D. A.
    (2000) The adaptive value of lexical connotation in speech perception. Cognition and Emotion, 14, 177–191. doi: 10.1080/026999300378923
     https://doi.org/10.1080/026999300378923 [Google Scholar]
  44. Wurm, L. H. , Vakoch, D. A. , Seaman, S. R. , & Buchanan, L.
    (2004) Semantic effects in auditory word recognition. Mental Lexicon Working Papers, 1, 47–62.
     [Google Scholar]
  45. Wurm, L. H. , Whitman, R. D. , Seaman, S. R. , Hill, L. , & Ulstad, H. M.
    (2007) Semantic processing in auditory lexical decision: Ear-of-presentation and sex differences. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1470–1495. doi: 10.1080/02699930600980908
     https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930600980908 [Google Scholar]
  46. Zhong, C.-B. , & Leonardelli, G. J.
    (2008) Cold and lonely: Does social exclusion literally feel cold?Psychological Science, 19(9), 838–842. doi: 10.1111/j.1467‑9280.2008.02165.x
     https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02165.x [Google Scholar]
  47. Zhong, C.-B. , & Liljenquist, K.
    (2006) Washing away your sins: Threatened morality and physical cleansing. Science, 313(5792), 1451–1452. doi: 10.1126/science.1130726
     https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1130726 [Google Scholar]
http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/journals/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
Loading
Effects of Danger, Usefulness, and Body-Object Interaction in picture naming
The Mental Lexicon 12, 51 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
/content/journals/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
/content/journals/10.1075/ml.12.1.03van
Loading

Data & Media loading...

  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): body-object interaction; danger; embodiment; lexical access; picture naming; survival processing; usefulness

Most Cited

This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was successful
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error