Why the sunny side is up - Associations between affect and vertical position

被引:556
作者
Meier, BP [1 ]
Robinson, MD [1 ]
机构
[1] N Dakota State Univ, Dept Psychol, Fargo, ND 58105 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
D O I
10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00659.x
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 [教育学]; 0402 [心理学];
摘要
Metaphors linking spatial location and affect (e.g., feeling up or down) may have subtle, but pervasive, effects on evaluation. In three studies, participants evaluated words presented on a computer. In Study 1, evaluations of positive words were faster when words were in the up rather than the down position, whereas evaluations of negative words were faster when words were in the down rather than the up position. In Study 2, positive evaluations activated higher areas of visual space, whereas negative evaluations activated lower areas of visual space. Study 3 revealed that, although evaluations activate areas of visual space, spatial positions do not activate evaluations. The studies suggest that affect has a surprisingly physical basis.
引用
收藏
页码:243 / 247
页数:5
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]
JUDGING UP AND DOWN [J].
CLARK, HH ;
BROWNELL, HH .
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE, 1975, 1 (04) :339-352
[2]
Damasio A, 1994, DescartesError
[3]
DEPRESSIVE AFFECT AND PERCEPTION OF UP-DOWN [J].
FISHER, S .
JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH, 1964, 2 (01) :25-30
[4]
GIBBS RW, 1992, PSYCHOL REV, V99, P572
[5]
Glucksberg Sam., 2001, UNDERSTANDING FIGURA, DOI [10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195111095.001.0001, DOI 10.1093/ACPROF:OSO/9780195111095.001.0001]
[6]
James W., 1890, PRINCIPLES PSYCHOL, V2
[7]
Lakoff G., 2000, MATH COMES EMBODIED
[8]
HALF A CENTURY OF RESEARCH ON THE STROOP EFFECT - AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW [J].
MACLEOD, CM .
PSYCHOLOGICAL BULLETIN, 1991, 109 (02) :163-203
[9]
Why good guys wear white - Automatic inferences about stimulus valence based on brightness [J].
Meier, BP ;
Robinson, MD ;
Clore, GL .
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 2004, 15 (02) :82-87
[10]
Neumann R, 2003, PSYCHOLOGY OF EVALUATION, P371