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Vertical metaphor with motion and judgment: a valenced congruency effect with fluency
- Source :
- Psychological Research, Psychological Research, Springer Verlag, 2014, 78 (5), pp.736-748. ⟨10.1007/s00426-013-0516-6⟩, Psychological Research, 2014, 78 (5), pp.736-748. ⟨10.1007/s00426-013-0516-6⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2014.
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Abstract
- International audience; Following metaphorical theories of affect, several research studies have shown that the spatial cues along a vertical dimension are useful in qualifying emotional experience (HAPPINESS is UP, SADNESS is DOWN). Three experiments were conducted to examine the role of vertical motion in affective judgment. They showed that positive stimuli moving UPWARD were evaluated more positively than those moving DOWNWARD, whereas negative stimuli moving DOWNWARD were evaluated as less negative than those moving UPWARD. They showed a valenced congruency effect, but an alternative hypothesis in terms of MORE is UP and LESS is DOWN was also examined. Finally, fluency mechanisms were investigated to confirm that relationships between affect and verticality were in accordance with a valenced congruency effect.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Metaphor
Psychology Research
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Emotions
Motion Perception
050109 social psychology
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Affect (psychology)
050105 experimental psychology
Motion (physics)
Fluency
Judgment
Young Adult
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
media_common
Psychological research
05 social sciences
[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences
General Medicine
Emotion Cognition et Comportement
Sadness
Space Perception
[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology
Happiness
Research studies
Female
Psychology
Social psychology
Cognitive psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03400727 and 14302772
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychological Research, Psychological Research, Springer Verlag, 2014, 78 (5), pp.736-748. ⟨10.1007/s00426-013-0516-6⟩, Psychological Research, 2014, 78 (5), pp.736-748. ⟨10.1007/s00426-013-0516-6⟩
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0ca099c0cf806bb3dd4f7b516bac3b10