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Warm in the Left and Cold in the Right: Influence of Sensorimotor Experiences on Spatial Temperature Mappings

2025-11-30

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<p>Humans often rely on spatial metaphors to structure abstract concepts. The present study examined whether temperature concepts, such as “warm” and “cold,” are also spatially represented. Across five experiments, participants responded to warm- and cold-related words using lateral (left–right) or vertical (top–bottom) response keys. Experiments 1a–1c consistently revealed a left–warm and right–cold association,...

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Literature Corpus work: 150be89a-47c9-53f4-a84d-7fb756384fe1
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/g9jvm_v1

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