TY - GEN A1 - Miklashevsky, Alex A. A1 - Lindemann, Oliver A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Think of the future in the right way BT - Processing time activates the motor system T2 - Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science Y1 - 2018 SN - 1612-4782 SN - 1612-4790 VL - 19 SP - S46 EP - S46 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Jeglinski-Mende, Melinda A. A1 - Shaki, Samuel A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Rezension zu: Varma, Sashank ; Schwartz, Daniel L.: The mental representation of integers : an abstract-to-concrete shift in the understanding of mathematical concepts. - Cognition. - 121 (2011), 3. - S. 363 - 385 T2 - Frontiers in psychology KW - cognitive development KW - mental number line KW - negative numbers KW - embodied cognition KW - abstract concepts Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00209 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 9 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - GEN A1 - Miklashevsky, Alex A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Motor simulation in sentence-picture verification BT - Beyond Ostarek et al. (2019) T2 - Cognitive processing : international quarterly of cognitive science; Abstracts and authors of the 8th International Conference on Spatial Cognition: Cognition and Action in a Plurality of Spaces (ICSC 2021) TALKS: Submission 58 N2 - Background and Aims: Ostarek et al. (2019) claimed a conclusive demonstration that language comprehension relies profoundly on visual simulations. They presented participants with visual noise during sentence-picture verification (SPV) and measured lateralized button response speed. The authors selectively eliminated the classical congruency effect (faster yes decisions when pictures match the objects implied by the sentences) with ‘‘high level’’ noise made from images of other objects. However, that visual noise included tool pictures, known to activate lateralized motor affordances. Moreover, some of their sentences described motor actions. This raises the question whether motor simulation may have contaminated their results. Methods: Replicating Ostarek et al. (2019), 33 right-handed participants performed SPV but either without visual noise or while viewing (a) only left-handled or (b) only right-handled or (c) alternatingly left- and right-handled tools. Accuracy and reaction times of manual yes responses were analyzed. Additionally, hand-relatedness of sentences was rated. Results: Replicating Ostarek et al. (2019), the classical SPV congruency effect appeared without noise and vanished when alternatingly handled tools were presented. Crucially, it reappeared when noise objects were consistently either left- or righthandled. Higher hand-relatedness of sentence content reduced SPV performance and accuracy was lower with right-handled noise. Conclusion: First, we demonstrated an interaction between motor- related language, visual affordances and motor responses in SPV. This result supports the embodied view of language processing. Second, we identified a motor process not previously known in SPV. This extends our understanding of mental simulation and calls for methodological controls in future studies. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10339-021-01058-x.pdf U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10339-021-01058-x SN - 1612-4782 SN - 1612-4790 VL - 22 IS - Suppl. 1 SP - S32 EP - S33 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Fischer, Martin H. A1 - Shaki, Samuel T1 - How to make talks less boring T2 - Nature : the international weekly journal of science Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00153-6 SN - 0028-0836 SN - 1476-4687 VL - 565 IS - 7739 SP - 294 EP - 294 PB - Nature Publ. Group CY - London ER - TY - GEN A1 - Hartmann, Matthias A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Exploring the numerical mind by eye-tracking: a special issue T2 - Psychological research : an international journal of perception, attention, memory, and action Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-016-0759-0 SN - 0340-0727 SN - 1430-2772 VL - 80 SP - 325 EP - 333 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Borghi, Anna M. A1 - Shaki, Samuel A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Concrete constraints on abstract concepts-editorial T2 - Psychological research : an international journal of perception, attention, memory, and action N2 - This special issue, "Concrete constraints of abstract concepts", addresses the role of concrete determinants, both external and internal to the human body, in acquisition, processing and use of abstract concepts while at the same time presenting to the readers an overview of methods used to assess their representation. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-022-01685-9 SN - 0340-0727 SN - 1430-2772 VL - 86 SP - 2366 EP - 2369 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kewenig, Viktor A1 - Zhou, Yuefang A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Commentary: Robots as intentional agents BT - Using neuroscientific methods to make robots appear more social T2 - Frontiers in psychology KW - intentionality KW - social robots KW - verbal reports KW - humanoid KW - turing test Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01131 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 9 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - GEN A1 - Miklashevsky, Alex A. A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Commentary: Down with Retirement: Implications of Embodied Cognition for Healthy Aging T2 - Frontiers in psychology KW - child development KW - embodied cognition KW - lifespan KW - mobile phone KW - tablet computers KW - digital technologies Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00599 SN - 1664-1078 VL - 8 SP - 9 EP - 22 PB - Frontiers Research Foundation CY - Lausanne ER - TY - GEN A1 - Shaki, Samuel A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Commentary on: Elizabeth H. Toomarian; Edward M. Hubbard: On the genesis of spatial-numerical associations : evolutionary and cultural factors co-construct the mental number line. - In: Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews. - 90 (2018), S. 184 - 199 T2 - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews : official journal of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.10.002 SN - 0149-7634 SN - 1873-7528 VL - 95 SP - 189 EP - 190 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - GEN A1 - Shaki, Samuel A1 - Fischer, Martin H. T1 - Commentary on: E. H. Toomarian ; E. M. Hubbard, On the genesis of spatial-numerical associations: Evolutionary and cultural factors co-construct the mental number line. - (Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. - vol 95, 2018, pg 189 - 190) T2 - Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews : official journal of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.018 SN - 0149-7634 SN - 1873-7528 VL - 98 SP - 335 EP - 335 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER -