Scientific journal paper Q1
Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages
Sau-Chin Chen (Chen, S.-C.); Erin M. Buchanan (Buchanan, E. M.); Zoltan Kekecs (Kekecs, Z.); Jeremy K. Miller (Miller, J. K.); Anna Szabelska (Szabelska, A.); Balazs Aczel (Aczel, B.); Pablo Bernabeu (Bernabeu, P.); Patrick S. Forscher (Forscher, P. S.); Attila Szuts (Szuts, A.); Zahir Vally (Vally, Z.); Ali H. Al-Hoorie (Al-Hoorie, A. H.); Mai Helmy (Helmy, M.); Caio Santos Alves da Silva (Silva, C. S. A. da.); Luana Oliveira da Silva (Silva, L. O. da.); Yago Luksevicius de Moraes (Moraes, Y. L. de.); Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu (Hsu, R. M. C. S.); Anthonieta Looman Mafra (Mafra, A. L.); Jaroslava Varella Valentova (Valentova, J. V.); Marco Antonio Correa Varella (Correa Varella, M. A.); Barnaby James Wyld Dixson (Dixson, B. J. W.); Kim Peters (Peters, K.); Niklas K. Steffens (Steffens, N. K.); Omid Ghasemi (Ghasemi, O.); Andrew Roberts (Roberts, A.); Robert M. Ross (Ross, R. M.); Ian D. Stephen (Stephen, I. D.); Marina Milyavskaya (Milyavskaya, M.); Kelly Wang (Wang, K.); Kaitlyn M. Werner (Werner, K. M.); Dawn Liu Holford (Holford, D. L. ); Miroslav Sirota (Sirota, M.); Thomas Rhys Evans (Evans, T. R.); Dermot Lynott (Lynott, D.); Bethany M. Lane (Lane, B. M.); Danny Riis Sahlholdt (Sahlholdt, D. R. ); Glenn P. Williams (Williams, G. P.); Chrystalle B. Y. Tan (Tan, C. B. Y.); Alicia Foo (Foo, A.); Steve M. J. Janssen (Janssen, S. M. J.); Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze (Arinze, N. C.); Izuchukwu Lawrence Gabriel Ndukaihe (Ndukaihe, I. L. G.); David Moreau (Moreau, D.); Brianna Jurosic (Jurosic, B.); Brynna Leach (Leach, B.); Savannah Lewis (Lewis, S.); Peter R. Mallik (Mallik, P. R.); Kathleen Schmidt (Schmidt, K.); William J. Chopik (Chopik, W. J.); Leigh Ann Vaughn (Vaughn, L. A.); Manyu Li (Li, M.); Carmel A. Levitan (Levitan, C. A.); Daniel Storage (Storage, D.); Carlota Batres (Batres, C.); Tyler McGee (McGee, T.); Janina Enachescu (Enachescu, J.); Jerome Olsen (Olsen, J.); Martin Voracek (Voracek, M.); Claus Lamm (Lamm, C.); Ekaterina Pronizius (Pronizius, E.); Tilli Ripp (Ripp, T.); Jan Philipp Röer (Röer, J. P.); Roxane Schnepper (Schnepper, R.); Marietta Papadatou-Pastou (Papadatou-Pastou, M.); Aviv Mokady (Mokady, A.); Niv Reggev (Reggev, N.); Priyanka Chandel (Chandel, P.); Pratibha Kujur (Kujur, P.); Babita Pande (Pande, B.); Arti Parganiha (Parganiha, A.); Noorshama Parveen (Parveen, N.); Sraddha Pradhan (Pradhan, S.); Margaret Messiah Singh (Singh, M. M.); Max Korbmacher (Korbmacher, M.); Jonas R. Kunst (Kunst, J. R.); Christian K. Tamnes (Tamnes, C. K.); Frederike S. Woelfert (Woelfert, F. S.); Kristoffer Klevjer (Klevjer, K.); Sarah E. Martiny (Martiny, S. E.); Gerit Pfuhl (Pfuhl, G.); Sylwia Adamus (Adamus, S.); Krystian Barzykowski (Barzykowski, K.); Katarzyna Filip (Filip, K.); Patrícia Arriaga (Arriaga, P.); Vasilije Gvozdenović (Gvozdenović, V.); Vanja Ković (Ković, V.); Fei Gao (Gao, F.); Jingxiang Li (Li, J.); Jozef Bavolar (Bavolar. J.); Monika Hricova (Hricova, M.); Pavol Kačmár (Kačmár, P.); Matúš Adamkovič (Adamkovič, M.); Peter Babinčák (Babinčák, P.); Gabriel Banik (Banik. G.); Ivan Ropovik (Ropovik, I.); Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte (Ricaurte, D. Z.); Sara Alvarez-Solas (Alvarez-Solas, S.); Harry Manley (Manley, H.); Panita Suavansri (Suavansri, P.); Chun-Chia Kung (Kung, C.-C. ); Belemir Çoktok (Çoktok, B.); Asil Ali Özdoğru (Özdoğru, A. A.); Çağlar Solak (Solak, Ç.); Sinem Söylemez (Söylemez, S.); Sami Çoksan (Çoksan, S.); İlker Dalgar (Dalgar, İ.); Mahmoud Elsherif (Elsherif, M.); Martin R. Vasilev (Vasilev, M. R.); Vinka Mlakic (Mlakic, V.); Elisabeth Oberzaucher (Oberzaucher, E.); Stefan Stieger (Stieger, S.); Selina Volsa (Volsa. S.); Erica D. Musser (Musser, E. D.); Janis H. Zickfeld (Zickfeld, J. H.); Christopher R. Chartier (Chartier, C. R.); et al.
Journal Title
Current Psychology
Year (definitive publication)
2025
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English
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United Kingdom
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Abstract
Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentence or not. Previous studies have shown matching advantages for shape, but findings concerning object orientation have not been robust across languages. This registered report investigated the match advantage of object orientation across 18 languages in nearly 4,000 participants. The preregistered analysis revealed no compelling evidence for a match advantage for orientation across languages. Additionally, the match advantage was not predicted by mental rotation scores. In light of these findings, we discuss the implications for current theory and methodology surrounding mental simulation.
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Keywords
Cross-lingual research,Language comprehension,Mental rotation,Mental simulation
  • Psychology - Social Sciences
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Funding Reference Funding Entity
UID/PSI/03125/2019 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
PRIMUS/20/HUM/009 National Science Centre, Poland
2019/35/B/HS6/00528 National Science Centre, Poland
RPG-2016-093 Leverhulme Trust Research Project
62631 John Templeton Foundation
DP180102384 Australian Research Council
APVV-23-0647 Comissão Europeia
CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008713 Comissão Europeia
APVV-23-0421 Comissão Europeia
APVV-20-0319 Comissão Europeia
VEGA 1/0145/23 --

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