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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Spatial Cognition

Background:

  • Evidence suggests time is represented on lateral, sagittal, or vertical axes.
  • The coexistence or competition between these mental time lines remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether mental time lines from different origins can coexist or compete.
  • To explore the interplay between lateral, sagittal, and vertical mental time representations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a multi-dimensional free-choice paradigm with Mandarin speakers.
  • Conducted three experiments to assess spatial-temporal congruency effects.
  • Examined temporal judgment relevance and irrelevance tasks.

Main Results:

  • Significant spatial-temporal congruency effects were observed on lateral and sagittal/vertical axes in the horizontal/coronal plane.
  • Congruency effects did not simultaneously appear on sagittal and vertical axes in the sagittal plane.
  • Lateral mental time lines coexisted with sagittal/vertical ones, but sagittal and vertical lines did not coexist.

Conclusions:

  • The lateral mental time line can coexist with sagittal and vertical mental time lines.
  • Sagittal and vertical mental time lines cannot coexist, suggesting distinct underlying mechanisms.
  • Space-time mapping differs between the lateral axis and the sagittal/vertical axes.