Do You Approach Positive Events or Do They Approach You? Linking Event Valence and Time Representations in a Dutch Sample

Abstract In order to think and talk about time, people often use the ego- or time-moving representation. In the ego-moving representation, the self travels through a temporal landscape, leaving past events behind and approaching future events; in the time-moving representation, the self is stationar...

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Autori: Loermans, Annemijn C. (Autore) ; Koning, Bjorn B. de (Autore) ; Krabbendam, Lydia (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Brill 2021
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Anno: 2021, Volume: 21, Fascicolo: 3/4, Pagine: 331-345
Notazioni IxTheo:AB Filosofia delle religioni
VA Filosofia
ZD Psicologia
Altre parole chiave:B time representation
B time-moving
B valence
B affective embodiment
B ego-moving
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Riepilogo:Abstract In order to think and talk about time, people often use the ego- or time-moving representation. In the ego-moving representation, the self travels through a temporal landscape, leaving past events behind and approaching future events; in the time-moving representation, the self is stationary and temporal events pass by. Several studies contest to the psychological ramifications of these two representations by, inter alia, demonstrating a link between them and event valence. These studies have, however, been limited to English speakers, even though language has been found to affect time representation. The present study therefore replicated Margolies and Crawford’s (2008) experiment on event valence and time representation amongst speakers of Dutch. Unlike Margolies and Crawford (2008), we do not find that positive valence leads to the endorsement of an ego-moving statement. Future studies will need to determine the ways through which language might moderate the relation between event valence and time representation.
ISSN:1568-5373
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal of cognition and culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685373-12340115