@article{ref1,
title="Mighty metaphors: Behavioral and ERP evidence that power shifts attention on a vertical dimension",
journal="Brain and cognition",
year="2012",
author="Zanolie, Kiki and Dantzig, Saskia van and Boot, Inge and Wijnen, Jasper and Schubert, Thomas W. and Giessner, Steffen R. and Pecher, Diane",
volume="78",
number="1",
pages="50-58",
abstract="Thinking about the abstract concept power may automatically activate the spatial up-down image schema (powerful up; powerless down) and consequently direct spatial attention to the image schema-congruent location. Participants indicated whether a word represented a powerful or powerless person (e.g. 'king' or 'servant'). Following each decision, they identified a target at the top or bottom of the visual field. In Experiment 1 participants identified the target faster when their spatial position was congruent with the perceived power of the preceding word than when it was incongruent. In Experiment 2 ERPs showed a higher N1 amplitude for congruent spatial positions. These results support the view that attention is driven to the image schema congruent location of a power word. Thus, power is partially understood in terms of vertical space, which demonstrates that abstract concepts are grounded in sensory-motor processing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0278-2626",
doi="10.1016/j.bandc.2011.10.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2011.10.006"
}