Automatic mental simulation in native and non-native speakers.

Samuel J A van Zuijlen, Sharon Singh, Kevin Gunawan, Diane Pecher, René Zeelenberg

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The Processing of Color Words in Sentence Comprehension.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2026
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Samuel J A van ZuijlenErasmus University, Woudestein T13-31, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8596-8082

Sharon SinghErasmus University, Woudestein T13-31, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7817-4321

Kevin GunawanErasmus University, Woudestein T13-31, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-4687-8495

Diane PecherErasmus University, Woudestein T13-31, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0976-6080

René ZeelenbergErasmus University, Woudestein T13-31, PO Box 1738, 3000, DR, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. zeelenberg@essb.eur.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-0745-3817

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Abstract

Pictures of objects are verified faster when they match the implied orientation, shape, and color in a sentence-picture verification task, suggesting that people mentally simulate these features during language comprehension. Previous studies had an unintended correlation between match status and the required response, which may have influenced participants' responses by eliciting strategic use of this correlation. We removed this correlation by including color-matching filler trials and investigated if the color-match effect was still obtained. In both a native sample (Experiment 1) and a non-native sample (Experiment 2), we found strong evidence for a color-match advantage on median reaction time and error rates. Our results are consistent with the view that color is automatically simulated during language comprehension as predicted by the grounded cognition framework.

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ComprehensionMultilingualismPattern Recognition, VisualAdultColor PerceptionFemaleHumansMalePsycholinguisticsYoung AdultBilingualismColor matchLanguage comprehensionMental simulationNon-native speakerPerceptual symbols systemSentence-picture verification task

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PMID38353910

DOI10.3758/s13421-024-01533-8

PMCPMC11315732

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