Shifts of attention that are directed by spatial words are thought to be mediated by a spatial frame of reference. Previous studies have documented a selection cost when visual attention is directed along the left/right axis relative to the above/below axis due to the greater ambiguity of the horizontal endpoints. The present study investigated whether the horizontal endpoints may be more fully disambiguated when a??left/righta?? cues are first enacted by nondivisible, more discrete, modes of orienting such as directional motor responses. This issue was investigated using a repetition priming paradigm in which the effects of prior enactments were measured on the subsequent conceptual control of visual attention. The results of four experiments showed that grounding spatial language in the motor system can enhance the focus of visual attention by disambiguating the endpoints of the horizontal axis. In so doing, the present study extends previous research demonstrating that spatial concepts can influence the spatial distribution of attention by demonstrating that different modes of orienting can also influence the semantics of space. Implications for the premotor theory of attention and grounded theories of cognition are also discussed.View full textDownload full textKeywordsAttentional control, Motor control, Spatial attention, Spatial semanticsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2010.495696
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机译：由空间词引导的注意力转移被认为是由空间参照系所介导的。以前的研究已经证明，由于水平端点的歧义性较大，当视觉注意力相对于上/下轴沿左/右轴定向时，选择成本较高。本研究调查了当“ a”为“ left / righta”时，水平端点是否可以更完全地消除歧义。提示首先由不可分割的，更离散的定向模式（例如定向电机响应）制定。使用重复启动范例对这个问题进行了研究，在该范例中，对先前制定的效果进行了评估，以控制视觉注意的后续概念。四个实验的结果表明，在运动系统中扎根空间语言可以消除歧义的水平轴端点，从而增强视觉注意的焦点。通过这样做，本研究扩展了先前的研究，该研究表明空间概念可以通过证明不同的定向模式也可以影响空间的语义来影响注意力的空间分布。还讨论了对运动前注意理论和扎根的认知理论的影响。 ，twitter，technorati，可口，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”}; var addthis_config = {“ data_track_addressbar”：true，“ ui_click”：true};添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2010.495696
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