scholarly journals An experimental investigation of the action-sentence compatibility effect with concrete and abstract sentences

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomohiro TAIRA ◽  
Keiko NAKAMOTO ◽  
Hideki KIDOGUCHI ◽  
Yota KIMURA ◽  
Kohei TSUNEMI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Action Sentence

scholarly journals The action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE) a benchmark finding for embodiment - A meta-analysis

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Winter ◽  
Carolin Dudschig ◽  
Barbara Kaup
Keyword(s):  
Publication Bias ◽  
Language Comprehension ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Analytic Approach ◽  
Research Practices ◽  
Reliable Effect ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Action Sentence

The embodied account of language comprehension has been one of the most influentialtheoretical developments in the recent decades addressing the question how humanscomprehend and represent language. To examine its assumptions, many studies havemade use of behavioral paradigms involving basic compatibility effects. Theaction–sentence compatibility effect (ACE) is one of the most influential of thesecompatibility effects and is the most widely cited evidence for the assumptions of theembodied account of language comprehension. However, recently there have beendifficulties to extend or even to reliably replicate the ACE. The conflicting findingsconcerning the ACE and its extensions lead to the discussion whether the ACE isindeed a reliable effect or whether it might be the product of publication bias or otherdistorting research practices. In a first step we conducted a meta-analysis using arandom-effects model. This analysis revealed a small but significant effect size of theACE (d = .129, p = .007). A second meta-analytic approach supports these findings ofthe existence of an ACE (Fisher’s method: χ2 = 124.379, p < .001). Furthermore, thetask-parameter Delay occurred as a factor of interest in whether the ACE appears withpositive or negative effect direction. This meta-analysis further assessed for potentialpublication bias and suggests that there is bias in the ACE literature.

Action-sentence compatibility effect: Neural markers of bidirectional motor-language relation

2010 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Pia Aravena ◽  
Esteban Hurtado ◽  
Rodrigo Riveros ◽  
Juan Felipe Cardona ◽  
Agustín Ibáñez
Keyword(s):  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Neural Markers ◽  
Action Sentence

scholarly journals The Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect in ASL: the role of semantics vs. perception

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
KRISTEN SECORA ◽  
KAREN EMMOREY
Keyword(s):  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Visual Motion ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Potential Conflict ◽  
Sign Languages ◽  
Verb Semantics ◽  
Semantic Judgment ◽  
Sensorimotor Systems ◽  
Action Sentence

abstractEmbodied theories of cognition propose that humans use sensorimotor systems in processing language. The Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect (ACE) refers to the finding that motor responses are facilitated after comprehending sentences that imply movement in the same direction. In sign languages there is a potential conflict between sensorimotor systems and linguistic semantics: movement away from the signer is perceived as motion toward the comprehender. We examined whether perceptual processing of sign movement or verb semantics modulate the ACE. Deaf ASL signers performed a semantic judgment task while viewing signed sentences expressing toward or away motion. We found a significant congruency effect relative to the verb’s semantics rather than to the perceived motion. This result indicates that (a) the motor system is involved in the comprehension of a visual–manual language, and (b) motor simulations for sign language are modulated by verb semantics rather than by the perceived visual motion of the hands.

When do language comprehenders mentally simulate locations?

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nian Liu ◽  
Benjamin Bergen
Keyword(s):  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Language Understanding ◽  
Grammatical Form ◽  
Grammatical Aspect ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Mixed Action ◽  
Motor Actions ◽  
Action Sentence

AbstractEmbodied approaches to comprehension propose that understanding language entails performing mental simulations of its content. The evidence, however, is mixed. Action-sentence Compatibility Effect studies (Glenberg and Kaschak 2002) report mental simulation of motor actions during processing of motion language. But the same studies find no evidence that language comprehenders perform spatial simulations of the corresponding locations. This challenges simulation-based approaches. If locations are not represented in simulation, but are still understood, then simulation may be unnecessary for understanding. We conducted a Location-sentence Compatibility experiment, to determine whether understanders mentally simulate locations. People did indeed simulate locations, but only when sentences used progressive (and not perfect) grammatical aspect. Moreover, mental simulations of locations differed for language about concrete versus abstract events. These findings substantiate the role of mental simulation in language understanding, while highlighting the importance of the grammatical form of utterances as well as their content.

scholarly journals A pre-registered, multi-lab non-replication of the action-sentence compatibility effect (ACE)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. Morey ◽  
Michael P. Kaschak ◽  
Antonio M. Díez-Álamo ◽  
Arthur M. Glenberg ◽  
Rolf A. Zwaan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Activity ◽  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
The Body ◽  
Analytic Estimate ◽  
Action Sentence

AbstractThe Action-sentence Compatibility Effect (ACE) is a well-known demonstration of the role of motor activity in the comprehension of language. Participants are asked to make sensibility judgments on sentences by producing movements toward the body or away from the body. The ACE is the finding that movements are faster when the direction of the movement (e.g., toward) matches the direction of the action in the to-be-judged sentence (e.g., Art gave you the pen describes action toward you). We report on a pre-registered, multi-lab replication of one version of the ACE. The results show that none of the 18 labs involved in the study observed a reliable ACE, and that the meta-analytic estimate of the size of the ACE was essentially zero.

Match, mismatch, and envisioning transfer events

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-268
Author(s):  
Kevin M. Gould ◽  
Laura A. Michaelis
Keyword(s):  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Motor Simulation ◽  
Class Membership ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Transfer Verbs ◽  
Action Sentence

Abstract Prior studies suggest that language users perform motoric simulations when construing action sentences and that verbs and constructions each contribute to simulation-based representation (Glenberg & Kaschak 2002; Richardson et al. 2003; Bergen et al. 2007; Bergen & Wheeler 2010). This raises the possibility that motorically grounded verb and construction meanings can interact during sentence understanding. In this experiment, we use the action-sentence compatibility effect methodology to investigate how a verb’s lexical-class membership, constructional context, and constructional bias modulate motor simulation effects. Stimuli represent two classes of transfer verbs and two constructions that encode transfer events, Ditransitive and Oblique Goal (Goldberg 1995). Findings reveal two kinds of verb-construction interactions. First, verbs in their preferred construction generate stronger simulation effects overall than those in their dispreferred construction. Second, verbs that entail change of possession generate strong motor-simulation effects irrespective of constructional context, while those entailing causation of motion exert such effects only when enriched up to change-of-possession verbs in the semantically mismatched Ditransitive context. We conclude that simulation effects are not isolable to either verbs or constructions but instead arise from the interplay of verb and construction meaning.

Actions, Action Effects and Timing in the Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Hauser ◽  
Cristina Massen ◽  
Martina Rieger ◽  
Arthur M. Glenberg ◽  
Wolfgang Prinz
Keyword(s):  
Compatibility Effect ◽  
Action Effects ◽  
Action Sentence
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