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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2022. Vol. 11, no. 3, 140–151
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2022110313
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Spatial conceptual mapping of words with temporal semantics

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A.S. Malyshevskaya, F. Gallо, M.Y. Pokhoday, P.V. Kotrelev, Y.Y. Shtyrov, A.V. Myachykov

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Abstract

Unlike concrete words related to sensory perception (e.g., hear, sun), abstract words (including the words with temporal semantics, e.g., year, tomorrow) do not have direct embodied sensory correlates. Nevertheless, existing research indicates that abstract concepts’ representations make regular reference to sensorimotor processes, e.g., visual perception. For example, regular expressions such as “the future is ahead” or “the flow of time” are common in different languages reflecting a relatively universal nature of space-time correspondences. Moreover, these regular correspondences are commonly demonstrated in experimental studies; for example — by registering attentional displacement during processing of past and future related words. Here, the main theoretical approaches as well as existing experimental data documenting neurocognitive foundations of space-time representations are reviewed. A detailed overview of research on spatial-conceptual mapping of time concepts in three-dimensional visual space is offered. We also consider features of space-time associations that reflect linguistic and socio-cultural differences. In conclusion, the main areas of current and future that will allow an integration of the existing data within a common theoretical framework are defined.

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Keywords: embodied cognition, temporal words, STEARC, language comprehension, spatial conceptual mapping

Journal rubric: General Psychology

Article type: review article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2022110313

Funding. The reported study was funded by RFBR, project number 19-313-51023.

For citation: Malyshevskaya A.S., Gallо F., Pokhoday M.Y., Kotrelev P.V., Shtyrov Y.Y., Myachykov A.V. Spatial conceptual mapping of words with temporal semantics [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2022. Vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 140–151. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2022110313. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Anastasia S. Malyshevskaya, graduate student, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-711X, e-mail: malyshevskaya.com@gmail.com

Federico Gallо, graduate student, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4343-4664, e-mail: fgallo@hse.ru

Mikhail Y. Pokhoday, PhD in Psychology, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9688-7704, e-mail: mpokhoday@hse.ru

Petr V. Kotrelev, master student, Centre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-2053, e-mail: petrkotrelev@gmail.com

Yury Y. Shtyrov, PhD, Professor, leading research fellow, Aarhus Universitet, leading research fellow, Centre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Aarhus, Denmark, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7203-4902, e-mail: yury@cfin.au.dk

Andriy V. Myachykov, PhD, Professor, leading research fellow, Department of Psychology, Northumbria University, leading research fellow, Centre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, leading research fellow, Centre for Cognition and Decision making, Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1489-8582, e-mail: andriy.myachykov@northumbria.ac.uk

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