Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words

Space-valence metaphors (e.g., bad is down) are embedded within cognitive and emotional processing (e.g., negative stimuli at a lower space capture visual attention more than those at an upper space). Previous studies have revealed that motor action to vertical direction affects the emotional valenc...

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Autores principales: Yuki Nishiguchi, Shu Imaizumi, Yoshihiko Tanno
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ec6a30ba3ec54a3c86493f98bb0c52792021-12-02T05:03:00ZUpward action promotes selective attention to negative words2405-844010.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08394https://doaj.org/article/ec6a30ba3ec54a3c86493f98bb0c52792021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402102497Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2405-8440Space-valence metaphors (e.g., bad is down) are embedded within cognitive and emotional processing (e.g., negative stimuli at a lower space capture visual attention more than those at an upper space). Previous studies have revealed that motor action to vertical direction affects the emotional valence rating of stimuli in a metaphor-congruent manner only when the action was introduced after the stimuli presentation. In the present study, we hypothesized that motor action before the stimuli presentation does not affect valence rating while it may affect visual selective attention. In Experiment 1 (participants: 28 university students; mean age = 19.50 years), we partially replicated the previous result with repeated ANOVA and t-tests; manual action introduced before the stimuli presentation does not affect the valence rating. Then, in Experiment 2 (participants: 28 university students; mean age = 19.57 years), we employed a modified version of the dot-probe task as a measure of visual selective attention to emotional stimuli, where participants’ vertical or horizontal manual action was introduced before the presentation of a pair of emotional words. The results of the t-tests revealed that an upward manual action promoting selective attention to negative words, which was incongruent with the space-valence metaphorical correspondence. These results suggest that even though manual action does not affect the evaluative process of emotional stimuli prospectively, upward manual action introduced before stimuli presentation can promote visual attention to the subsequent negative stimuli in a way that is incongruent with the space-valence metaphor.Yuki NishiguchiShu ImaizumiYoshihiko TannoElsevierarticleAttentionEmotionEmbodied cognitionMotor actionMetaphorScience (General)Q1-390Social sciences (General)H1-99ENHeliyon, Vol 7, Iss 11, Pp e08394- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Attention
Emotion
Embodied cognition
Motor action
Metaphor
Science (General)
Q1-390
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
spellingShingle Attention
Emotion
Embodied cognition
Motor action
Metaphor
Science (General)
Q1-390
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
Yuki Nishiguchi
Shu Imaizumi
Yoshihiko Tanno
Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
description Space-valence metaphors (e.g., bad is down) are embedded within cognitive and emotional processing (e.g., negative stimuli at a lower space capture visual attention more than those at an upper space). Previous studies have revealed that motor action to vertical direction affects the emotional valence rating of stimuli in a metaphor-congruent manner only when the action was introduced after the stimuli presentation. In the present study, we hypothesized that motor action before the stimuli presentation does not affect valence rating while it may affect visual selective attention. In Experiment 1 (participants: 28 university students; mean age = 19.50 years), we partially replicated the previous result with repeated ANOVA and t-tests; manual action introduced before the stimuli presentation does not affect the valence rating. Then, in Experiment 2 (participants: 28 university students; mean age = 19.57 years), we employed a modified version of the dot-probe task as a measure of visual selective attention to emotional stimuli, where participants’ vertical or horizontal manual action was introduced before the presentation of a pair of emotional words. The results of the t-tests revealed that an upward manual action promoting selective attention to negative words, which was incongruent with the space-valence metaphorical correspondence. These results suggest that even though manual action does not affect the evaluative process of emotional stimuli prospectively, upward manual action introduced before stimuli presentation can promote visual attention to the subsequent negative stimuli in a way that is incongruent with the space-valence metaphor.
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author Yuki Nishiguchi
Shu Imaizumi
Yoshihiko Tanno
author_facet Yuki Nishiguchi
Shu Imaizumi
Yoshihiko Tanno
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title Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
title_short Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
title_full Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
title_fullStr Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
title_full_unstemmed Upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
title_sort upward action promotes selective attention to negative words
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
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