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Concepts grounded in sensory-motor systems are supported by new research. Switching between modalities for emotional concepts, like vision and affect, incurs processing costs, validating embodied cognition theories.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Neuroscience
Embodied Cognition

Background:

Current models propose concepts are grounded in sensory-motor simulations.
Switching between modalities for concept verification incurs processing costs.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate switching costs for emotional concepts across sensory and affective systems.
To test the embodied cognition view of emotion.

Main Methods:

Participants verified properties of positive and negative emotional concepts.
Properties were drawn from vision, audition, and the affective system.
Switching costs were measured by reaction times and error rates.

Main Results:

Switching between modalities for emotional concepts increased reaction times and error rates.
These processing costs were observed when switching between sensory and affective systems.
The findings mirrored those for non-emotional concepts.

Conclusions:

Emotional concepts are also grounded in sensory-motor and affective systems.
Results support the embodied cognition framework for understanding emotion.
This provides evidence for modality-specific processing in emotional concept verification.