Renato Zambrano-Cruz, Carlos Esteban Rincón-Cruz, Mercedes Suárez de la Torre
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摘要
目的:本研究评估外显和内隐心理理论(ToM)对成人语用推理,特别是标量含意解释的影响。我们的目的是澄清不同类型的心理内容(显性和隐性)是否有选择地影响语用推理过程。方法:采用外显刺激、内隐刺激(信念、欲望、情感、意图)和非心理刺激进行两组被试实验(N = 111, N = 120)。测量反应时间(RT)。结果:内隐信念相关的ToM刺激后,RT显著增加。外显ToM刺激和其他内隐内容(欲望、情感、意图)没有产生类似的效果。结论:研究结果支持后gricean理论方法,特别是关联理论,强调了标量含义加工中内隐信念归因的认知特异性。研究结果强调了内隐ToM的重要性,特别是信念推理,作为语用推理的选择机制。这些发现为内隐语义语义在语用推理中的作用提供了部分验证性证据,并对语义语义子成分之间的差异提供了探索性见解,这需要进一步的复制。
Implicit Theory of Mind (ToM) plays a key role in pragmatic reasoning of scalar implicatures.
Objective: This study assessed the effect of explicit and implicit Theory of Mind (ToM) on pragmatic reasoning, specifically scalar implicature interpretation, in adult participants. We aimed to clarify whether different types of mentalistic content (explicit vs. implicit) selectively influence pragmatic inference processes.
Method: Two within-subject experiments were conducted (N = 111, N = 120) using explicit, implicit (belief, desire, emotion, intention), and non-mentalistic stimuli prior to a scalar implicature sentence verification task. Reaction times (RT) were measured.
Results: Significant increases in RT were observed specifically following implicit belief-related ToM stimuli. Explicit ToM stimuli and other implicit content (desire, emotion, intention) did not produce comparable effects.
Conclusions: Results support post-Gricean theoretical approaches, particularly relevance theory, highlighting the cognitive specificity of implicit belief attribution in scalar implicature processing. Findings underscore the importance of implicit ToM, especially belief reasoning, as a selective mechanism underlying pragmatic inference. These findings provide partial confirmatory evidence for the role of implicit ToM in pragmatic reasoning and offer exploratory insights into differences across ToM subcomponents, which require further replication.
期刊介绍:
Acta Psychologica publishes original articles and extended reviews on selected books in any area of experimental psychology. The focus of the Journal is on empirical studies and evaluative review articles that increase the theoretical understanding of human capabilities.