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Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context?
Previous studies have provided contradictory information regarding the activation of perceptual information in a changing discourse context. The current study examines the continued activation of color in mental simulations across one (Experiment 1), two (Experiment 2), and five sentences (Experimen...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01078-6 |
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author | Hoeben Mannaert, Lara N. Dijkstra, Katinka Zwaan, Rolf A. |
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description | Previous studies have provided contradictory information regarding the activation of perceptual information in a changing discourse context. The current study examines the continued activation of color in mental simulations across one (Experiment 1), two (Experiment 2), and five sentences (Experiment 3), using a sentence-picture verification paradigm. In Experiment 1, the sentence either contained a reference to a color (e.g., a red bicycle) or no reference to a color (e.g., bicycle). In Experiments 2 and 3, either the first or the final sentence contained a reference to a color. Participants responded to pictures either matching the color mentioned in the sentence, or shown in grayscale. The results illustrated that color was activated in mental simulations when the final sentence contained a reference to color. When the target object (e.g., bicycle) was mentioned in all sentences (i.e., in Experiment 2), color remained activated in the mental simulation, even when only the first sentence made a reference to a color. When the focus of the story was shifted elsewhere and the target object was not present across all sentences (i.e., in Experiment 3), color was no longer activated in the mental simulation. These findings suggest that color remains active in mental simulations so long as the target object is present in every sentence. As soon as the focus of the story shifts to another event, this perceptual information is deactivated in the mental simulation. As such, there is no continued activation of color across a broader discourse context. |
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spelling | pubmed-78200832021-01-28 Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? Hoeben Mannaert, Lara N. Dijkstra, Katinka Zwaan, Rolf A. Mem Cognit Article Previous studies have provided contradictory information regarding the activation of perceptual information in a changing discourse context. The current study examines the continued activation of color in mental simulations across one (Experiment 1), two (Experiment 2), and five sentences (Experiment 3), using a sentence-picture verification paradigm. In Experiment 1, the sentence either contained a reference to a color (e.g., a red bicycle) or no reference to a color (e.g., bicycle). In Experiments 2 and 3, either the first or the final sentence contained a reference to a color. Participants responded to pictures either matching the color mentioned in the sentence, or shown in grayscale. The results illustrated that color was activated in mental simulations when the final sentence contained a reference to color. When the target object (e.g., bicycle) was mentioned in all sentences (i.e., in Experiment 2), color remained activated in the mental simulation, even when only the first sentence made a reference to a color. When the focus of the story was shifted elsewhere and the target object was not present across all sentences (i.e., in Experiment 3), color was no longer activated in the mental simulation. These findings suggest that color remains active in mental simulations so long as the target object is present in every sentence. As soon as the focus of the story shifts to another event, this perceptual information is deactivated in the mental simulation. As such, there is no continued activation of color across a broader discourse context. Springer US 2020-08-12 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7820083/ /pubmed/32789598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01078-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Hoeben Mannaert, Lara N. Dijkstra, Katinka Zwaan, Rolf A. Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title | Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title_full | Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title_fullStr | Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title_full_unstemmed | Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title_short | Is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
title_sort | is color continuously activated in mental simulations across a broader discourse context? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32789598 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-020-01078-6 |
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