Speed, Laura J and Majid, Asifa orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-216X (2018) An Exception to Mental Simulation:No Evidence for Embodied Odor Language. COGNITIVE SCIENCE. pp. 1146-1178. ISSN 0364-0213
Abstract
Do we mentally simulate olfactory information? We investigated mental simulation of odors and sounds in two experiments. Participants retained a word while they smelled an odor or heard a sound, then rated odor/sound intensity and recalled the word. Later odor/sound recognition was also tested, and pleasantness and familiarity judgments were collected. Word recall was slower when the sound and sound-word mismatched (e.g., bee sound with the word typhoon). Sound recognition was higher when sounds were paired with a match or near-match word (e.g., bee sound with bee or buzzer). This indicates sound-words are mentally simulated. However, using the same paradigm no memory effects were observed for odor. Instead it appears odor-words only affect lexical-semantic representations, demonstrated by higher ratings of odor intensity and pleasantness when an odor was paired with a match or near-match word (e.g., peach odor with peach or mango). These results suggest fundamental differences in how odor and sound-words are represented.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, The Authors. |
Keywords: | Journal Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2018 14:40 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2024 00:11 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12593 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/cogs.12593 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:136328 |
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