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19142833

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
According to theories of embodied cognition, language comprehenders simulate sensorimotor experiences to represent the meaning of what they read. Previous studies have shown that picture recognition is better if the object in the picture matches the orientation or shape implied by a preceding sentence. In order to test whether strategic imagery may explain previous findings, language comprehenders first read a list of sentences in which objects were mentioned. Only once the complete list had been read was recognition memory tested with pictures. Recognition performance was better if the orientation or shape of the object matched that implied by the sentence, both immediately after reading the complete list of sentences and after a 45-min delay. These results suggest that previously found match effects were not due to strategic imagery and show that details of sensorimotor simulations are retained over longer periods.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1747-0226
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1108-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Language comprehenders retain implied shape and orientation of objects.
pubmed:affiliation
Psychology Department, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. pecher@fsw.eur.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't