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Embodied valuation: Directional action is associated with item values.

Danielle J Green¹, Alison Harris^1,2, Aleena Young²

¹1 Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, USA.

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2006)

|September 1, 2017

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Our actions toward valued items influence how we perceive their worth. Moving toward high-value items is faster, suggesting embodied cognition in economic choices.

Keywords:

Decision-making action economic choice embodied cognition valuation

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Neuroscience
Behavioral Economics

Background:

Traditional economic theories view valuation as purely cognitive.
Embodied cognitive theory posits value memories are linked to action.
Sensorimotor system's role in economic valuation is under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if real-world item value is associated with specific directional movements.
To determine if action-object mappings influence value representation.
To explore the embodied component of economic choice.

Main Methods:

Participants priced food items to establish value.
Directional actions (toward/away from body) were used to classify items.
Action mappings were object-referenced or self-referenced.
Control experiment used left/right movements.

Main Results:

Object-referenced action mappings led to faster classification than self-referenced mappings.
Directional actions toward items were associated with value representation.
Left/right movements (non-directional) did not show similar effects.

Conclusions:

Economic valuation has an embodied component linked to sensorimotor actions.
Directional movements toward items are integral to their value representation.
Findings support embodied cognitive theory in economic decision-making.