A co-action task was used to explore the effect of social interactions on temporal judgements,in comparison with an individual-task condition.In Experiment 1,the co-actors sat either individually(individual condition)...A co-action task was used to explore the effect of social interactions on temporal judgements,in comparison with an individual-task condition.In Experiment 1,the co-actors sat either individually(individual condition)or alongside a partner(joint condition)in front of a monitor and then responded to time-related words(e.g.yesterday,tomorrow).In Experiment 2,co-actors sat separately in front of two monitors and categorized the words either individually or jointly.Participants’response times to past-and future-related words in the individual conditions of both experiments had no significant difference.However,in the joint conditions,the responses were faster when the past-time words were mapped toward the participants on the left than when future-time words were mapped toward them.Our data support the existence of a specific mapping between past-time-left space and future-time-right space.This suggests that the two cooperators probably shared a similar mental timeline.展开更多
基金Humanities and Social Science Project of Hebei Education Department of China,Grant/Award Number:BJS2023012。
文摘A co-action task was used to explore the effect of social interactions on temporal judgements,in comparison with an individual-task condition.In Experiment 1,the co-actors sat either individually(individual condition)or alongside a partner(joint condition)in front of a monitor and then responded to time-related words(e.g.yesterday,tomorrow).In Experiment 2,co-actors sat separately in front of two monitors and categorized the words either individually or jointly.Participants’response times to past-and future-related words in the individual conditions of both experiments had no significant difference.However,in the joint conditions,the responses were faster when the past-time words were mapped toward the participants on the left than when future-time words were mapped toward them.Our data support the existence of a specific mapping between past-time-left space and future-time-right space.This suggests that the two cooperators probably shared a similar mental timeline.
