The effect of secondary task on power-space interactions during the performance of a semantic category judgment task

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2022.00772

Abstract

Abstract:

There is mounting evidence suggesting that power is represented as vertical space in our brain, specifically, as verbal-spatial coding (amodal representation) and visuospatial coding (modal representation). These two types of coding are context-dependent, and the activation of which type depends on the current task. Previous studies have found that a semantic category judgment task mainly activates verbal-spatial coding. However, it is still unclear whether a semantic category judgment task also activates visuospatial coding when verbal-spatial coding is excluded. Thus, the present study aimed to explore this issue using a dual-task paradigm. Results showed that power-space interactions occurred under single-task conditions, and under dual-task conditions, the interactions were affected only by a visual-spatial secondary task. Our findings suggest that the semantic category judgment task also relies on visuospatial coding, and further support the idea that a power-space representation is context-dependent.

Key words: power-space representations, context-dependent, visuospatial coding, verbal-spatial coding

ZHU Lei, SAI Xueying, Mulati Jiadela. (2022). The effect of secondary task on power-space interactions during the performance of a semantic category judgment task. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 54(7), 772-778.

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Power Word	Powerful		Powerless
	Response key		Response key
		Up M (SD)	Down M (SD)	Up M (SD)	Down M (SD)
Single-task	814 (82)	959 (132)	970 (119)	882 (88)
Visuospatial dual-task	1084 (197)	1065 (222)	1088 (219)	1073 (195)
Verbal dual-task	1053 (199)	1186 (228)	1238 (267)	1106 (227)

Power Word	Powerful		Powerless
	Response key		Response key
		Up M (SD)	Down M (SD)	Up M (SD)	Down M (SD)
Single-task	814 (82)	959 (132)	970 (119)	882 (88)
Visuospatial dual-task	1084 (197)	1065 (222)	1088 (219)	1073 (195)
Verbal dual-task	1053 (199)	1186 (228)	1238 (267)	1106 (227)

Variable	F	p	η²_p
Condition	25.25	< 0.001***	0.52
Power	15.47	0.001**	0.40
Response key	0.22	0.645	0.01
Condition × Power	2.36	0.106	0.09
Condition × Response key	3.79	0.030*	0.14
Power × Response key	41.82	<0.001***	0.65
Condition × Power × Response key	30.74	<0.001***	0.57

Variable	F	p	η²_p
Condition	25.25	< 0.001***	0.52
Power	15.47	0.001**	0.40
Response key	0.22	0.645	0.01
Condition × Power	2.36	0.106	0.09
Condition × Response key	3.79	0.030*	0.14
Power × Response key	41.82	<0.001***	0.65
Condition × Power × Response key	30.74	<0.001***	0.57