The mapping for vertical spatial metaphor of the moral concepts: Bidirectional and unbalanced

Zhongyi, Lu; Jia, Lining; Dongxue, Zhai

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2017.00186

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“…Many studies have shown that multiple abstract concepts can be constructed based on one specific conceptual category. For example, the up–down spatial concept can be metaphorically related to abstract concepts such as time (e.g., Boroditsky, 2000 ; Casasanto and Boroditsky, 2008 ), morality (e.g., Wang and Lu, 2013 ; Lu et al, 2017 ), and power (e.g., Zanolie et al, 2012 ; Wu and Wang, 2014 ). The same abstract concept can also be represented by multiple concrete concepts.…”

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A Three-Dimensional Spatial Metaphorical Representation of Generation Implied in Han Kin Terms

Jijia

Zhang

2021

Front. Psychol.

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concepts can be represented in the brain by means of metaphors. Generation refers to seniority in the family or clan, implies the implementation of different attitudes required by kinship, and contains profound psychological, emotional, and social factors. Generation as an abstract concept is related to concepts such as power, social status, importance, and time. The conceptual metaphor theory based on the embodied theory proposes that abstract concepts are represented by actual sensorimotor experiences. Generation implied in Han kin terms is often represented by multiple spatial terms. According to conceptual metaphor theory, the current study predicted that generation could be represented by multiple spatial metaphors. We designed six experiments to investigate this issue. The results showed that (1) the up–down and left–right positions in which kinship words were presented affected the processing of the concept of generation; (2) the processing of kinship words also affected up–down and left–right spatial information perception; and (3) the processing of the concept of generation could also automatically activate the front–back spatial operation and induce the embodied simulation of body movement. In sum, the results suggested that generation might be represented by the three-dimensional spatial metaphor of vertical, horizontal, and sagittal axes, which are influenced by the sensorimotor system.

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A Three-Dimensional Spatial Metaphorical Representation of Generation Implied in Han Kin Terms

Jijia

Zhang

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Wang et al ( 2016 ) found a strong implicit association between “moral is up” and “immoral is down” and a quicker response to “moral is up” in their Implicit Association Test (IAT) and ERP experiment. Lu et al ( 2017 ) investigated the mapping of the vertical spatial metaphor of morality and reported an imbalanced, flexible bi-directional mapping between the two domains of morality and space.…”

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A Dual Mechanism of Cognition and Emotion in Processing Moral-Vertical Metaphors

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A moral concept involves two main factors: moral cognition (indicated by morality) and emotion (indicated by emotionality). The cognitive mechanism underlying moral metaphors on the vertical dimension (e.g., moral-up, immoral-down) was investigated in three experiments using implicit association tests. The results of Experiment 1 show a stronger association of “moral-up, immoral-down” between words high in morality and vertical space than between words low in morality and vertical space, which indicates that cognitive factors of morality facilitate the processing of vertical spatial metaphors of moral concepts. Experiment 2, employing moral words different in emotionality, reveals a stronger association of “moral-up, immoral-down” between words high in emotionality and vertical space than between words low in emotionality and vertical space, which shows that emotional factors of morality facilitate the processing of vertical spatial metaphors of moral concepts. A comparison between the two experiments suggests a faster response to emotion than to moral cognition and similar association strengths of the two factors with verticality. Using words high in morality and emotionality, Experiment 3 shows that a combination of the two conditions (i.e., high morality and high emotionality) leads to a stronger tie with verticality than either condition. The above three experiments indicate that both moral cognition and emotion facilitate the processing of vertical spatial metaphor of moral concepts, and the forces of the two, which jointly affect the metaphorical connection between morality and verticality, are basically equal, although the processing of emotionality is faster than that of morality.

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Upright/skew metaphorical associations of moral concepts and their effects on face recognition

Wang

Yang

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Curr Psychol

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The mapping for vertical spatial metaphor of the moral concepts: Bidirectional and unbalanced

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A Three-Dimensional Spatial Metaphorical Representation of Generation Implied in Han Kin Terms

A Three-Dimensional Spatial Metaphorical Representation of Generation Implied in Han Kin Terms

A Dual Mechanism of Cognition and Emotion in Processing Moral-Vertical Metaphors

Upright/skew metaphorical associations of moral concepts and their effects on face recognition

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