Distance-Dependent Processing of Pictures and Words
Distance-Dependent Processing of Pictures and Words
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DOI：
10.1037/a0015835
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发表时间：
2009-08-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Trope, Yaacov
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作者：
Amit, Elinor;Algom, Daniel;Trope, Yaacov
一系列的8个实验考察了图片和言语表征之间的关联和所指对象从观察者的心理距离。结果表明，人们更好地处理代表近端物体的图片和代表远端物体的文字，而不是代表远端物体的图片和代表近端物体的文字。这些结果是通过不同的心理距离维度（空间、时间和社会）、不同的任务（分类和归类）和不同的测量（处理速度和选择性注意）获得的。作者认为，图片和文字加工的差异源于图片的物理相似性，而不是文字，的指示。因此，感知分析通常应用于图片，而不是文字。因此，图片赋予了与所指对象的接近感，并且优选地用于表示这样的对象，而文字不传达接近性，并且优选地用于表示空间、时间和社会视角中的远端对象。
A series of 8 experiments investigated the association between pictorial and verbal representations and the psychological distance of the referent objects from the observer. The results showed that people better process pictures that represent proximal objects and words that represent distal objects than pictures that represent distal objects and words that represent proximal objects. These results were obtained with various psychological distance dimensions (spatial, temporal, and social), different tasks (classification and categorization), and different measures (speed of processing and selective attention). The authors argue that differences in the processing of pictures and words emanate from the physical similarity of pictures, but not words, to the referents. Consequently, perceptual analysis is commonly applied to pictures but not to words. Pictures thus impart a sense of closeness to the referent objects and are preferably used to represent such objects, whereas words do not convey proximity and are preferably used to represent distal objects in space, time, and social perspective.