How spatial is spatial language? Investigating the relationship between spatial cognition and abstract language processing

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dc.contributor.advisorIaria, Giuseppe
dc.contributor.advisorPexman, Penny M.
dc.contributor.authorHannah, Jaimy Anne
dc.contributor.committeememberCurtin, Suzanne
dc.contributor.committeememberGraham, Susan A.
dc.date2020-11
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-26T16:47:46Z
dc.date.available2020-06-26T16:47:46Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-23
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to explore the relationship between spatially grounded language and spatial cognition. According to embodied cognition, sensitivity to spatial grounding should be related to experience with spatial cognition. Participants completed three language tasks assessing their sensitivity to spatial grounding and three spatial tasks assessing different facets of spatial cognition. These language tasks were derived from previous studies that showed spatial grounding effects. Only of these effects was replicated; the presence of a mental number line. From each of the language tasks, a spatial grounding sensitivity score was calculated based on the difference in reaction times between incongruent and congruent trials. These sensitivity scores were then correlated to performance on the spatial tasks. The results showed almost no significant correlations between the language tasks and spatial tasks, even when looking at those individuals who were most highly sensitive to spatial grounding. Overall the results of this study do not support an embodied view of cognition.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHannah, J. A. (2020). How Spatial is Spatial Language? Investigating the Relationship Between Spatial Cognition and Abstract Language Processing (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/37950
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/112220
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Cognitiveen_US
dc.titleHow spatial is spatial language? Investigating the relationship between spatial cognition and abstract language processingen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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