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Embodiment of emotion concepts

Niedenthal, Paula M., Winkielman, Piotr, Mondillon, Laurie, Vermeulen, Nicolas·2009·Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
DOI 10.1037/a0015574
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Theories of embodied cognition hold that higher cognitive processes operate on perceptual symbols and that concept use involves partial reactivations of the sensory-motor states that occur during experience with the world. On this view, the processing of emotion knowledge involves a (partial) reexperience of an emotion, but only when access to the sensory basis of emotion knowledge is required by the task. In 2 experiments, participants judged emotional and neutral concepts corresponding to concrete objects (Experiment 1) and abstract states (Experiment 2) while facial electromyographic activity was recorded from the cheek, brow, eye, and nose regions. Results of both studies show embodiment of specific emotions in an emotion-focused but not a perceptual-focused processing task on the same words. A follow up in Experiment 3, which blocked selective facial expressions, suggests a causal, rather than simply a correlational, role for embodiment in emotion word processing. Experiment 4, using a property generation task, provided support for the conclusion that emotions embodied in conceptual tasks are context-dependent situated simulations rather than associated emotional reactions. Implications for theories of embodied simulation and for emotion theories are discussed.

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Authors
Niedenthal, P. M., Winkielman, P., Mondillon, L., & Vermeulen, N.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
  • UCLouvain (BE)
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Venue
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
2009
Volume
96
Issue
6
Pages
1120-1136
ISSN
  • 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1315
DOI
10.1037/a0015574
OpenAlex
W2017534371
Semantic Scholar
3c6e13a209be93ca222f34f7f8151117cd97f5b8
Cited by
481
References
94
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2026: 36 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 45 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 44 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 29 · 2012: 24
FWCI
13.71
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (BCS-0217294; BCS-0350687)
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-06-BLAN-0360-01)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
Keywords
embodiment, emotion concepts, embodied cognition, facial electromyography, facial expressions, emotional understanding, emotion theory
MeSH terms
Concept Formation, Electromyography, Emotions, Facial Expression, Facial Muscles, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Imagination, Male, Models, Psychological, Muscle Contraction, Psychomotor Performance, Social Perception, Somatosensory Cortex, Verbal Behavior, Visual Perception, Recognition, Psychology

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