Research on the Mechanism of Individual Representation of Chinese Emotional Words in the Context of Vertical Spatial Metaphors: An Analysis Based on the Embodied Cognition Perspective
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: 为了探讨具身认知视角下，个体的身体经验在情绪概念表征机制中的作用，本文采用空间启动范式考察汉语情绪概念中的垂直空间隐喻，并探讨个体对汉语情绪概念的隐喻理解。研究流程如下：实验采用2(情绪形容词：积极和消极) × 2(空间隐喻：一致性和不一致性)的被试内实验设计。在实验完成后，被试将填写大五人格简式问卷，旨在调查被试个体的人格特质，并探讨个体人格特质在汉语情绪概念表征机制中的作用。在垂直空间方向上，研究结果表明：1) 情绪词类型和空间隐喻的主效应显著。整体而言，个体对积极情绪词的反应速度显著快于消极情绪词，且在空间隐喻一致的条件下，个体的反应速度显著快于空间隐喻不一致的条件；2) 情绪词类型和空间隐喻的交互作用显著。在空间隐喻一致的条件下，个体对积极情绪词的反应更快，而在不一致的条件下，积极情绪词和消极情绪词之间的反应速度无显著差异；3) 人格特质对情绪概念表征有显著的主效应。与低外向性特质的被试相比，高外向性特质的被试更容易判断出不同空间隐喻的情绪形容词，并表现出特质一致性倾向。对于积极情绪形容词，高外向性特质的被试反应更为快速；4) 神经质特质在空间判断上表现出敏感性，低神经质特质的被试在空间位置判断上反应更快。这些结果揭示了个体的身体经验(尤其是人格特质)与其概念表征机制之间的关系，进一步支持了知觉符号理论关于身体经验与概念表征之间关系的理论框架。To explore the role of individual bodily experiences in the mechanism of emotional conceptual representation from the perspective of embodied cognition, this study adopts a spatial priming paradigm to examine the vertical spatial metaphor in Chinese emotional concepts, thereby activating individuals’ metaphorical understanding of these concepts. The research process is as follows: the experiment uses a 2 (emotion adjectives: positive and negative) × 2 (spatial metaphor: consistency and inconsistency) within-subjects design. After the experiment, participants will complete a brief Big Five personality questionnaire, aimed at investigating their personality traits and exploring how these traits influence the mechanism of emotional conceptual representation in Chinese. The results show that, in the vertical dimension, 1) there are significant main effects for both the type of emotional word and the spatial metaphor. Overall, individuals respond faster to positive emotional words than to negative ones, and they respond faster under consistent spatial metaphors than under inconsistent ones. 2) There are significant interactions between the type of emotional word and the spatial metaphor. Under consistent spatial metaphors, individuals respond faster to positive emotional words, while under inconsistent conditions, there is no significant difference between the response times to positive and negative emotional words. 3) Personality traits have a significant main effect on emotional conceptual representation. Compared to participants with low extraversion, those with high extraversion are more adept at recognizing emotional adjectives with different spatial metaphors and tend to show trait-consistent behavior. They also respond more quickly to positive emotional adjectives. 4) Neuroticism shows sensitivity to spatial judgment, with participants with lower neuroticism reacting faster to spatial position judgments. These results illuminate the relationship between individual bodily experiences (personality traits) and the mechanism of conceptual representation, providing further support for the perceptual symbol theory, which posits a connection between bodily experiences and conceptual representation.
Source: Advances in Psychology
Author: 博 尹
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411793388