TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Mighty metaphors: Behavioral and ERP evidence that power shifts attention on a vertical dimension
JO  - Brain and cognition
A1  - Zanolie, Kiki
A1  - Dantzig, Saskia van
A1  - Boot, Inge
A1  - Wijnen, Jasper
A1  - Schubert, Thomas W.
A1  - Giessner, Steffen R.
A1  - Pecher, Diane
SP  - 50
EP  - 58
VL  - 78
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0278-2626
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2011.10.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -