title: What Directions Do We Look at Power from? Up-Down, Left-Right, and Front-Back.
abstract: Three experiments were carried out to investigate whether the the kinship concept had spatial representations along up-down (Experiment 1), left-right (Experiment 2), and front-back (Experiment 3) orientation. Participants identified the letter P or Q after judging whether kinship words were elder or junior terms. The results showed that participants responded faster to letters placed at the top, right side, and front following elder terms, and faster at the bottom, left side, and back following junior terms. The regression results further confirmed that these shifts of attention along up-down, right-left, and front-back dimensions in external space were uniquely attributed to the power construct embedded in the kinship concept, but not number or time. The results provide evidence for the multiple spatial representations in power, and can be explained by the theoretical construct of structural mapping.
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Aitao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China; Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Meichao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yulan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yanping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Center for Studies of Psychological Application & School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Center of Mental Assistance and Contingency Technique for Emergency, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D013028:Space Perception; D055815:Young Adult