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    Chen, Sau-Chin, Buchanan, Erin M., Kekecs, Zoltan, Miller, Jeremy K., Szabelska, Anna, Aczel, Balazs, Bernabeu, Pablo, Forscher, Patrick, Szuts, Attila, Vally, Zahir, Al-Hoorie, Ali H., Helmy, Mai, da Silva, Caio Santos Alves, da Silva, Luana Oliveira, de Moraes, Yago Luksevicius, Hsu, Rafael Ming Chi Santos, Mafra, Anthonieta Looman, Valentova, Jaroslava V., Varella, Marco Antonio Correa, Dixson, Barnaby, Peters, Kim, Steffens, Nik, Ghasemi, Omid, Roberts, Andrew, Ross, Robert M., Stephen, Ian D., Milyavskaya, Marina, Wang, Kelly, Werner, Kaitlyn M., Holford, Dawn Liu, Sirota, Miroslav, Evans, Thomas Rhys, Lynott, Dermot, Lane, Bethany M., Sahlholdt, Danny Riis, Williams, Glenn P., Tan, Chrystalle B. Y., Foo, Alicia, Janssen, Steve M. J., Arinze, Nwadiogo Chisom, Ndukaihe, Izuchukwu Lawrence Gabriel, Moreau, David, Jurosic, Brianna, Leach, Brynna, Lewis, Savannah, Mallik, Peter R., Schmidt, Kathleen, Chopik, William J., Vaughn, Leigh Ann, Li, Manyu, Levitan, Carmel A., Storage, Daniel, Batres, Carlota, McGee, Tyler, Enachescu, Janina, Olsen, Jerome, Voracek, Martin, Lamm, Claus, Pronizius, Ekaterina, Ripp, Tilli, Röer, Jan Philipp, Schnepper, Roxane, Papadatou-Pastou, Marietta, Mokady, Aviv, Reggev, Niv, Chandel, Priyanka, Kujur, Pratibha, Pande, Babita, Parganiha, Arti, Parveen, Noorshama, Pradhan, Sraddha, Singh, Margaret Messiah, Korbmacher, Max, Kunst, Jonas R., Tamnes, Christian K., Woelfert, Frederike S., Klevjer, Kristoffer, Martiny, Sarah E., Pfuhl, Gerit, Adamus, Sylwia, Barzykowski, Krystian, Filip, Katarzyna, Arriaga, Patrícia, Gvozdenović, Vasilije, Ković, Vanja, Gao, Fei, Li, Jingxiang, Bavoľár, Jozef, Hricová, Monika, Kačmár, Pavol, Adamkovič, Matúš, Babinčák, Peter, Baník, Gabriel, Ropovik, Ivan, Ricaurte, Danilo Zambrano, Álvarez-Solas, Sara, Manley, Harry, Suavansri, Panita, Kung, Chun-Chia, Çoktok, Belemir, Özdoğru, Asil Ali, Solak, Çağlar, Söylemez, Sinem, Çoksan, Sami, Dalgar, İlker, Elsherif, Mahmoud, Vasilev, Martin, Mlakic, Vinka, Oberzaucher, Elisabeth, Stieger, Stefan, Volsa, Selina, Musser, Erica D., Zickfeld, Janis and Chartier, Christopher R. (2025) Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages. Current Psychology, 44 (24). pp. 19148-19174. ISSN 1046-1310

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    Abstract

    Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentence or not. Previous studies have shown matching advantages for shape, but findings concerning object orientation have not been robust across languages. This registered report investigated the match advantage of object orientation across 18 languages in nearly 4,000 participants. The preregistered analysis revealed no compelling evidence for a match advantage for orientation across languages. Additionally, the match advantage was not predicted by mental rotation scores. In light of these findings, we discuss the implications for current theory and methodology surrounding mental simulation.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Cross-lingual research; Language comprehension; Mental rotation; Mental simulation;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science & Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 21594
    Identification Number: 10.1007/s12144-025-08304-x
    Depositing User: Dermot Lynott
    Date Deposited: 19 May 2026 16:05
    Journal or Publication Title: Current Psychology
    Publisher: Springer
    Refereed: Yes
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