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- In two experiments, Brookshire et al. (2010) found that emotional words can automatically trigger spatial representations, but this activation is influenced by context.
- Lebois et al. (2015) attempted to replicate this study but reported null results, leading to concerns about their interpretation of Brookshire et al.'s work.
- Despite disagreements about their findings, both studies agree that the impact of spatial meanings of words varies depending on context.
Article Abstract
In two experiments, Brookshire, Ivry, and Casasanto (2010) showed that words with positive and negative emotional valence can activate spatial representations with a high degree of automaticity, but also that this activation is highly context dependent. Lebois, Wilson-Mendenhall, and Barsalou (2015) reported that they "aimed to replicate" our study but found only null results in the "Brookshire et al. replication" conditions. Here we express concerns about three aspects of this paper. First, the study was not an attempt to replicate ours; it was a different study that adapted our method. Second, Lebois et al. did not accurately represent our theoretical position. Third, Lebois et al.'s main conclusion, that spatial congruity effects depend on the task context, was not supported by their data. Despite these concerns, we agree with Lebois et al.'s overall message that spatial aspects of words' meanings are activated differently in different contexts. This was a main conclusion of our study as well.
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