Effects of emotional and sensorimotor simulation in lexical conceptual processing

人们在思考正义、美等抽象概念时会使用什么样的信息，在思考夹克、桌子等具体概念时，人们会使用同样的信息吗？概念加工的研究包括理解概念知识是如何从记忆中获得、储存和提取的。我的研究重点是考察感官知识(通过与世界的知觉体验获得的知识)、运动知识(通过与世界的物理互动获得的知识)和情感知识(通过与世界的情感体验获得的知识)如何影响抽象和具体概念的存储和从记忆中提取。我的研究使用语言刺激(如名词、动词)来考察上述问题。这项研究之所以重要，有几个原因。首先，在理论层面上，我的研究试图理解概念性知识是否建立在身体经验的基础上，无论是通过感觉、运动和/或与世界的情感互动。其次，它帮助认知科学家建立模型，准确描述感觉、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将生活中的事物和事件概念化的理解。

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.