[Effects of sustained and stopped hand actions on sensible/nonsensible judgments of verbal phrase of action: comparison between actual action and viewing a movie].
The present study investigated how an actual action or viewing a movie of an action influences the subsequent semantic processing of a verbal phrase concerning the action (e.g., holding a bag with a hand). Forty participants made sensible/nonsensible judgments about the target phrase which were preceded by one of the four prime conditions: sustained action, stopped action, sustained viewing movie, and stopped viewing movie. A facilitatory priming effect was observed in the sustained action condition. Whereas an inhibitory effect was observed in the stopped action condition. These results suggest that the kinetic information affects on the semantic processing of a verbal phrase of action.
Yamamoto
Yukiko
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Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581.
Hakoda
Yuji
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009040:Motion Pictures; D009043:Motor Activity; D013067:Speech Perception; D014796:Visual Perception