title: A multisensory interaction effect in the conceptual realm of time.
abstract: Recent studies on the conceptualization of abstract concepts suggest that the concept of time is represented along a left-right horizontal axis, such that left-to-right readers represent past on the left and future on the right. Although it has been demonstrated with strong consistency that the localization (left or right) of visual stimuli could modulate temporal judgments, results obtained with auditory stimuli are more puzzling, with both failures and successes at finding the effect in the literature. The present study supports an account based on the relative relevance of visual versus auditory-spatial information in the creation of a frame of reference to map time: The auditory location of words interacted with their temporal meaning only when auditory information was made more relevant than visual spatial information by blindfolding participants.
authors.affiliation: Faculte´ de Psychologie, CNRS and University Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France. marc.ouellet@univ-bpclermont.fr
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ouellet
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santiago
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001288:Attention; D001307:Auditory Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013998:Time Perception; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult