Language That Puts You in Touch With Your Bodily Feelings: The Multimodal Responsiveness of Affective Expressions Export

@article{citeulike:5382966, abstract = {ABSTRACT2014Observing and producing a smile activate the very same facial muscles. In Experiment 1, we predicted and found that verbal stimuli (action verbs) that refer to emotional expressions elicit the same facial muscle activity (facial electromyography) as visual stimuli do. These results are evidence that language referring to facial muscular activity is not amodal, as traditionally assumed, but is instead bodily grounded. These findings were extended in Experiment 2, in which subliminally presented verbal stimuli were shown to drive muscle activation and to shape judgments, but not when muscle activation was blocked. These experiments provide an important bridge between research on the neurobiological basis of language and related behavioral research. The implications of these findings for theories of language and other domains of cognitive psychology (e.g., priming) are discussed.}, address = {Department of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, and; Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utrecht}, author = {Foroni, Francesco and Semin, G\"{u}n R.}, citeulike-article-id = {5382966}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02400.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122498594/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02400.x}, issn = {1467-9280}, journal = {Psychological Science}, keywords = {embodiment, emg, emotion, face, language}, number = {8}, pages = {974--980}, posted-at = {2009-08-06 16:36:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Language That Puts You in Touch With Your Bodily Feelings: The Multimodal Responsiveness of Affective Expressions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02400.x}, volume = {20}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5382966 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5382966 N2 - ABSTRACT2014Observing and producing a smile activate the very same facial muscles. In Experiment 1, we predicted and found that verbal stimuli (action verbs) that refer to emotional expressions elicit the same facial muscle activity (facial electromyography) as visual stimuli do. These results are evidence that language referring to facial muscular activity is not amodal, as traditionally assumed, but is instead bodily grounded. These findings were extended in Experiment 2, in which subliminally presented verbal stimuli were shown to drive muscle activation and to shape judgments, but not when muscle activation was blocked. These experiments provide an important bridge between research on the neurobiological basis of language and related behavioral research. The implications of these findings for theories of language and other domains of cognitive psychology (e.g., priming) are discussed. IS - 8 JF - Psychological Science SN - 1467-9280 AD - Department of Social Psychology, VU University Amsterdam, and; Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utrecht EP - 980 TI - Language That Puts You in Touch With Your Bodily Feelings: The Multimodal Responsiveness of Affective Expressions VL - 20 SP - 974 KW - embodiment KW - emg KW - emotion KW - face KW - language AU - Foroni, Francesco AU - Semin, Gün PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02400.x ER -