Cargando…

Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement

Introduction: The effect of promoting a physical reaction by the described action is called the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE). It has been verified that physical motion changes depending on the time phase and grammatical expression. However, it is unclear how adverbs and onomatopoeia ch...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Irie, Keisuke, Zhao, Shuo, Okamoto, Kazuhiro, Liang, Nan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8492989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630234
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723602
_version_ 1784579032957845504
author Irie, Keisuke
Zhao, Shuo
Okamoto, Kazuhiro
Liang, Nan
author_facet Irie, Keisuke
Zhao, Shuo
Okamoto, Kazuhiro
Liang, Nan
author_sort Irie, Keisuke
collection PubMed
description Introduction: The effect of promoting a physical reaction by the described action is called the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE). It has been verified that physical motion changes depending on the time phase and grammatical expression. However, it is unclear how adverbs and onomatopoeia change motion simulations and subsequent movements. Methods: The subjects were 35 healthy adults (11 females; mean age 21.3). We prepared 20 sentences each, expressing actions related to hands and feet. These were converted into 80 sentences (stimulus set A), with the words “Slow” or “Quick” added to the words related to the speed of movement, and 80 sentences (stimulus set B) with the words “Fast” and onomatopoeia “Satto” added. Additionally, 20 unnatural sentences were prepared for each stimulus set as pseudo sentences. Choice reaction time was adopted; subjects pressed the button with their right hand only when the presented text was correctly understood (Go no-go task). The reaction time (RTs) and the number of errors (NoE) were recorded and compared. Results: As a result of a two-way repeated ANOVA, an interaction effect (body parts × words) was observed in RTs and NoE in set A. “Hand and Fast” had significantly faster RTs than “Hand and Slow” and “Foot and Fast.” Furthermore, “Hand and Fast” had a significantly higher NoE than others. In set B, the main effects were observed in both RTs and NoE. “Hand” and “Satto” had significantly faster RTs than “Foot” and “Quick,” respectively. Additionally, an interaction effect was observed in NoE, wherein “Foot and Satto” was significantly higher than “Hand and Satto” and “Foot and Quick.” Conclusion: In this study, the word “Fast” promoted hand response, reaffirming ACE. The onomatopoeia “Satto” was a word that conveys the speed of movement, but it was suggested that the degree of understanding may be influenced by the body part and the attributes of the subject.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8492989
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-84929892021-10-07 Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement Irie, Keisuke Zhao, Shuo Okamoto, Kazuhiro Liang, Nan Front Psychol Psychology Introduction: The effect of promoting a physical reaction by the described action is called the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE). It has been verified that physical motion changes depending on the time phase and grammatical expression. However, it is unclear how adverbs and onomatopoeia change motion simulations and subsequent movements. Methods: The subjects were 35 healthy adults (11 females; mean age 21.3). We prepared 20 sentences each, expressing actions related to hands and feet. These were converted into 80 sentences (stimulus set A), with the words “Slow” or “Quick” added to the words related to the speed of movement, and 80 sentences (stimulus set B) with the words “Fast” and onomatopoeia “Satto” added. Additionally, 20 unnatural sentences were prepared for each stimulus set as pseudo sentences. Choice reaction time was adopted; subjects pressed the button with their right hand only when the presented text was correctly understood (Go no-go task). The reaction time (RTs) and the number of errors (NoE) were recorded and compared. Results: As a result of a two-way repeated ANOVA, an interaction effect (body parts × words) was observed in RTs and NoE in set A. “Hand and Fast” had significantly faster RTs than “Hand and Slow” and “Foot and Fast.” Furthermore, “Hand and Fast” had a significantly higher NoE than others. In set B, the main effects were observed in both RTs and NoE. “Hand” and “Satto” had significantly faster RTs than “Foot” and “Quick,” respectively. Additionally, an interaction effect was observed in NoE, wherein “Foot and Satto” was significantly higher than “Hand and Satto” and “Foot and Quick.” Conclusion: In this study, the word “Fast” promoted hand response, reaffirming ACE. The onomatopoeia “Satto” was a word that conveys the speed of movement, but it was suggested that the degree of understanding may be influenced by the body part and the attributes of the subject. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8492989/ /pubmed/34630234 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723602 Text en Copyright © 2021 Irie, Zhao, Okamoto and Liang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Irie, Keisuke
Zhao, Shuo
Okamoto, Kazuhiro
Liang, Nan
Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title_full Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title_fullStr Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title_full_unstemmed Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title_short Examining the Effect of Adverbs and Onomatopoeia on Physical Movement
title_sort examining the effect of adverbs and onomatopoeia on physical movement
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8492989/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630234
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.723602
work_keys_str_mv AT iriekeisuke examiningtheeffectofadverbsandonomatopoeiaonphysicalmovement
AT zhaoshuo examiningtheeffectofadverbsandonomatopoeiaonphysicalmovement
AT okamotokazuhiro examiningtheeffectofadverbsandonomatopoeiaonphysicalmovement
AT liangnan examiningtheeffectofadverbsandonomatopoeiaonphysicalmovement