Effects of emotional and sensorimotor simulation in lexical conceptual processing

情绪和感觉运动模拟对词汇概念处理的影响

• 批准号: 312378-2013
• 负责人: Siakaluk, Paul
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Northern British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=571732
• 关键词: Effects; emotional; sensorimotor; simulation; lexical

What kinds of information do people use when thinking about abstract concepts such as justice and beauty, and do people use the same kinds of information when thinking about concrete concepts such as jacket and table? The study of conceptual processing involves understanding how conceptual knowledge is acquired, stored, and retrieved from memory. My research focuses on examining how sensory knowledge (gained through perceptual experience with the world), motor knowledge (gained through physical interaction with the world), and emotional knowledge (gained through emotional experience with the world) influences how abstract and concrete concepts are stored and retrieved from memory. My research uses language stimuli (e.g., nouns, verbs) to examine the above questions. This research is important for several reasons. First, at a theoretical level, my research attempts to understand whether conceptual knowledge is grounded in bodily experience, either through sensory, motor, and/or emotional interaction with the world. Second, it helps cognitive scientists build models that precisely describe the roles of sensory, motor, and emotional knowledge in the storage and retrieval of concepts. Third, it advances our understanding of how people conceptualize objects and events in their lives.

人们在思考公正和美等抽象概念时使用了哪些信息？人们在思考夹克和桌子等具体概念时使用了哪些信息？概念加工的研究涉及理解概念知识是如何从记忆中获得、储存和提取的。我的研究重点是研究感官知识（通过与世界的感知体验获得），运动知识（通过与世界的物理互动获得）和情感知识（通过与世界的情感体验获得）如何影响抽象和具体概念的存储和从记忆中检索。我的研究使用语言刺激（例如，（名词、动词）来考查上述问题。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。首先，在理论层面上，我的研究试图了解概念知识是否基于身体经验，无论是通过感官，运动，和/或情感与世界的互动。其次，它帮助认知科学家建立模型，精确描述感官，运动和情感知识在概念存储和检索中的作用。第三，它促进了我们对人们如何概念化他们生活中的物体和事件的理解。