The Vertical Spatial Metaphor of Moral Concepts and Its Influence on Cognition

Zeng, Wang; Zhongyi, Lu

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2013.00538

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“…In line with the suggestion, most previous psychological studies on vertical spatial metaphor of morality have focused on its psychological reality and mapping, confirming “moral is up” and “immoral is down” (Meier et al, 2007; Wang and Lu, 2013) or just “moral is up” or “immoral is down” (Hill and Lapsley, 2009; Lawrence et al, 2011). 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.…”

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

2018

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

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“…The theoretical framework of embodied cognition suggests that an individual’s understanding of the world commences with bodily perception. The construction and comprehension of abstract concepts rely on sensorimotor experiences and involve an automated perceptual simulation process ( Wang et al, 2020 ; Ye, Zeng & Yang, 2019 ; Di Paolo, Cuffari & De Jaegher, 2018 ; Li, 2008 ). When individuals process abstract concepts, their prior sensorimotor experiences are automatically activated, potentially influencing their current action performance.…”

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Space-time mapping relationships in sensorimotor communication during asymmetric joint action

Zhang,

Tong,

Yang

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Background Sensorimotor communication is frequently observed in complex joint actions and social interactions. However, it remains challenging to explore the cognitive foundations behind sensorimotor communication. Methods The present study extends previous research by introducing a single-person baseline condition and formulates two distinct categories of asymmetric joint action tasks: distance tasks and orientation tasks. This research investigates the action performance of 65 participants under various experimental conditions utilizing a 2 (cooperative intention: Coop, No-coop) × 2 (task characteristic: distance, orientation) × 4 (target: T1, T2, T3, T4) repeated-measures experimental design to investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying sensorimotor communication between individuals. Results The results showed that (1) target key dwell time, motion time, total motion time, and maximum motion height in the Coop condition are more than in the No-coop condition. (2) In the distance task without cooperative intention, the dwell time of T4 is smaller than T1, T2, T3, and its variability of T1, T2, T3, and T4 were no different. In the distance task with cooperative intention, the dwell time and its variability of T1, T2, T3, and T4 displayed an increasing trend. (3) In the orientation task without cooperative intention, the dwell time of T1 is smaller than T2, T3, T4, and variability of the target keys T1, T2, T3, and T4 had no difference. In the orientation task with cooperative intention, the dwell time and variability of the target keys T1, T2, T3, and T4 had increasing trends. Conclusions Those findings underscore the importance of cooperative intention for sensorimotor communication. In the distance task with cooperative intention, message senders establish a mapping relationship characterized by “near-small, far-large” between the task distance and the individual’s action characteristics through sensorimotor experience. In the orientation task with cooperative intention, message senders combined sensorimotor experience and verbal metaphors to establish a mapping relationship between task orientation and action characteristics, following the sequence of “left-up, right-up, left-down, right-down” to transmit the message to others.

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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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“…This paradigm introduces visual spatial attention as an indicator of automatic activation of the perceptive motion system. Previous studies have used similar paradigms to determine the metaphorical relationship among abstract concepts, such as morality, social status, power, generation, and time, and spatial concepts (e.g., Meier and Robinson, 2004;Zanolie et al, 2012;Ijzerman et al, 2013;Wang and Lu, 2013;Wu and Wang, 2014;He D. et al, 2018). In addition, we also referenced and combined the research procedures of Sell and Kaschak (2011) and Walker et al (2017).…”

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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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The Vertical Spatial Metaphor of Moral Concepts and Its Influence on Cognition

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

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

Space-time mapping relationships in sensorimotor communication during asymmetric joint action

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

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