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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Cross-cultural Psychology

Background:

  • The Spatial Agency Bias (SAB) describes the left-to-right mental representation of agentic behavior in left-right-script cultures.
  • Previous research established SAB for agentic actions, but its universality across different types of activities remained unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if spatial representations of activities are universal across different concepts.
  • To analyze the spatial representation of opposing concepts: 'attack' and 'defense', examining potential differences in perceived agency and trajectory.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies were conducted to analyze the spatial representation of 'attack' and 'defense' activities.
  • Participants' spatial representations were assessed, focusing on the directionality associated with each concept.

Main Results:

  • A classic Spatial Agency Bias (left-to-right trajectory) was observed for 'attack' activities.
  • For 'defense' activities, a reduction (Study 1) and a reversal (Study 2) of the SAB were found, indicating weaker and less unequivocal spatial representation on the right compared to attack on the left.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial representations of activities are not universally left-to-right; they depend on perceived agency.
  • The findings suggest that the position and direction of spatial agency representations are modulated by the specific nature of the activity, such as attack versus defense.