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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Embodied Cognition

Background:

  • Theories of embodied cognition suggest spatial experiences influence conceptual processing.
  • Understanding how spatial properties affect cognitive tasks like word retrieval is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of spatial diversity and script direction on conceptual search.
  • To test if spatial priming influences word production in English and Persian.

Main Methods:

  • A novel spatial priming technique was developed involving connecting dots on a touchscreen.
  • Participants performed a word generation task following diverse or linear spatial primes.
  • The study included participants fluent in English and Persian, languages with opposite script directions.

Main Results:

  • Word production performance was significantly better with diverse spatial primes compared to linear primes in both languages.
  • Spatial diversity facilitated conceptual search and word retrieval from lexical memory.
  • Effects of prime directionality were inconsistent and did not correlate with script direction.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial diversity in priming enhances word retrieval, supporting the role of spatial relations in the conceptual system.
  • Embodied cognition principles are supported by findings indicating spatial primes influence cognitive processes.
  • Script direction did not consistently impact word retrieval in this priming paradigm.