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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Linguistics

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  • Lexical semantics theories propose meaning retrieval via simulation.
  • Simulation mechanisms in semantic processing remain unclear.
  • Mental state inferencing is a proposed simulation mechanism for cognitive concepts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if mental state inferencing acts as a simulation mechanism for word meaning.
  • To examine the relationship between individual differences in mentalizing skills and semantic processing.
  • To test the "cognition effect" in syntactic classification tasks.

Main Methods:

  • A pre-registered study with 297 adult participants.
  • Assessed mentalizing skills using three distinct measures.
  • Employed two syntactic classification tasks (verb/noun) to evaluate semantic processing.
  • Measured reaction times and accuracy to identify the cognition effect.

Main Results:

  • The cognition effect was replicated: high-cognition words were processed faster and more accurately.
  • Significant interactions were found between mentalizing skills and the cognition effect.
  • Individuals with higher mentalizing abilities exhibited a more pronounced cognition effect.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the role of mental state inferencing as a simulation mechanism in accessing word meaning.
  • Individual differences in mentalizing capacity influence the strength of the cognition effect.
  • This research provides empirical evidence linking theory of mind abilities to lexical semantic processing.