Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing
According to the embodied cognition theory, language comprehension is achieved through mental simulation. This account is supported by a number of studies reporting action simulations during language comprehension. However, which details of sensory-motor experience are included in these simulations...
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| description | According to the embodied cognition theory, language comprehension is achieved through mental simulation. This account is supported by a number of studies reporting action simulations during language comprehension. However, which details of sensory-motor experience are included in these simulations is still controversial. Here, three experiments were carried out to examine the simulation of speed in action language comprehension. Experiment 1 adopted a lexical decision task and a semantic similarity judgment task on isolated fast and slow action verbs. It has been shown that fast action verbs were processed significantly faster than slow action verbs when deep semantic processing is required. Experiment 2 and Experiment 3 investigated the contextual influence on the simulation of speed, showing that the processing of verbs, either depicting fast actions or neutral actions, would be slowed down when embedded in the slow action sentences. These experiments together demonstrate that the fine-gained information, speed, is an important part of action representation and can be simulated but may not in an automatic way. Moreover, the speed simulation is flexible and can be modulated by the context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54576b98d62f48bfa5ca74a45d03b0982024-04-10T05:21:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-04-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13335981333598Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processingXueyao Pan0Bingqian Liang1Xi Li2School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Foreign Studies, Anhui Xinhua University, Hefei, ChinaForeign Language College, Chengdu Normal University, Chengdu, ChinaAccording to the embodied cognition theory, language comprehension is achieved through mental simulation. This account is supported by a number of studies reporting action simulations during language comprehension. However, which details of sensory-motor experience are included in these simulations is still controversial. Here, three experiments were carried out to examine the simulation of speed in action language comprehension. Experiment 1 adopted a lexical decision task and a semantic similarity judgment task on isolated fast and slow action verbs. It has been shown that fast action verbs were processed significantly faster than slow action verbs when deep semantic processing is required. Experiment 2 and Experiment 3 investigated the contextual influence on the simulation of speed, showing that the processing of verbs, either depicting fast actions or neutral actions, would be slowed down when embedded in the slow action sentences. These experiments together demonstrate that the fine-gained information, speed, is an important part of action representation and can be simulated but may not in an automatic way. Moreover, the speed simulation is flexible and can be modulated by the context.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1333598/fullembodimentaction semanticsspeedcontextmental simulation |
| spellingShingle | Xueyao Pan Bingqian Liang Xi Li Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing Frontiers in Psychology embodiment action semantics speed context mental simulation |
| title | Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| title_full | Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| title_fullStr | Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| title_short | Flexible and fine-grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| title_sort | flexible and fine grained simulation of speed in language processing |
| topic | embodiment action semantics speed context mental simulation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1333598/full |
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