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"Articulatory Suppression Slows Down the Processing of Abstract but Not Concrete Concepts"

Paris, France · March 2019

Posters · Cognitive Science

  • Chiara Fini
    Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
  • Giandaniele Zannino
    Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
  • Mariagrazia Benassi
    Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  • Augusto Carlesimo
    Laboratorio di Neurologia Clinica e Comportamentale, I.R.C.C.S. Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy
  • Anna M. Borghi
    Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy

Abstract

According to WAT theory, abstract concepts, due to their complexity, are processed through inner language, with the recruitment of the mouth motor system. Here, we showed that articulatory suppression slows down the processing of abstract but not concrete concepts. The latter evoke in fact, more sensorimotor compared with linguistic experience.

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