NDLI: Acting in perspective: the role of body and language as social tools

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Author	Gianelli, Claudia Scorolli, Claudia Borghi, Anna M.
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	We investigated how the reach-to-grasp movement is influenced by the presence of another person (friend or non-friend), who was either invisible (behind) or located in different positions with respect to an object and to the agent, and by the perspective conveyed by linguistic pronouns (“I”, “You”). The interaction between social relationship and relative position influenced the latency of both maximal fingers aperture and velocity peak, showing shorter latencies in the presence of a non-friend than in the presence of a friend. However, whereas the relative position of a non-friend did not affect the kinematics of the movement, the position of a friend mattered: latencies were significantly shorter with friends only in positions allowing them to easily reach for the object. Finally, the investigation of the overall reaching movement time showed an interaction between the speaker and the pronoun: participants reached the object more quickly when the other spoke, particularly if she used the “I” pronoun. This suggests that speaking, and particularly using the “I” pronoun, evokes a potential action. Implications of the results for embodied cognition are discussed.
Starting Page	40
Ending Page	52
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400727
Journal	Psychological Research
Volume Number	77
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	14302772
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-12-11
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Psychology Research
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Arts and Humanities Medicine Developmental and Educational Psychology

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