Gesture size affects numerical estimates in quantifier comprehension.

IF 2.2 2区 心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY
Alexandra Lorson,Vinicius Macuch-Silva,Christopher Hart,Bodo Winter
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Abstract

People think and talk about numerical magnitude in terms of space, and co-speech gestures reflect this, with English speakers using expansive gestures when talking about greater quantities. Existing gestural research on the spatial conceptualization of number has largely looked at gesture production, but we do not know whether gestures can influence the interpretation of imprecise or underspecified numerical expressions such as quantifiers. Looking at the quantifier several as a test case, this study investigates the influence of manual inwards-directed (i.e., hands move closer the torso) and outwards-directed (i.e., hands move away from the torso) co-speech gestures on comprehenders' conceptualization of quantities associated with several through three preregistered experiments. Our results suggest that gesture modulates the interpretation of several such that speakers moving their hands outwards and thereby creating space between their hands lead to higher quantity estimates, compared to speakers not gesturing, or moving their hands inwards. We discuss the implications of our findings for future work in numerical cognition, multimodal communication, and pragmatics. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
手势大小会影响量词理解中的数字估计。
人们从空间的角度思考和谈论数字的大小,共同言语的手势也反映了这一点,讲英语的人在谈论更大的数量时会使用扩张性手势。现有的关于数字空间概念化的手势研究主要着眼于手势的产生,但我们还不知道手势是否会影响对不精确或不明确的数字表达式(如量词)的解释。本研究以数量词 "几 "为测试案例,通过三个预先登记的实验,研究了手动向内(即双手靠近躯干)和向外(即双手远离躯干)的协同语音手势对理解者对与 "几 "相关的数量概念化的影响。我们的结果表明,手势会调节对 "几 "的解释,与不做手势或将手向内移动的人相比,将手向外移动从而在两手之间创造空间的人对 "几 "的数量估计更高。我们将讨论我们的发现对数字认知、多模态交流和语用学等领域未来工作的影响。(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, 版权所有)。
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CiteScore
4.30
自引率
3.80%
发文量
163
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition publishes studies on perception, control of action, perceptual aspects of language processing, and related cognitive processes.
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