道德具身性的元分析研究

A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition

具身认知强调身体的感知觉在认知过程中发挥着重要的作用。有研究者将物理变量的改变使得人们的道德行为和道德判断发生变化这一探讨方向命名为"道德的心理物理学"。元分析研究的目的在于探讨个体的感知觉与道德行为和道德判断之间是否存在联系,以及这种效应是否受到某些变量的影响。元分析纳入42个研究,共包含2962名被试。研究结果表明道德的具身认知效应显著,具体感知觉与道德行为和道德判断之间存在相关(r=0.19,p<0.01)。"被试来源国家"这一变量的调节作用显著(Q=79.454,df=41,p<0.001)。

Embodied cognition emphasizes our body's important role in human cognitive process. Researchers have termed the form of physical variables altering an individual's moral behavior and moral judgment as 'moral psychophysics'. This article reports the results of a meta-analysis of individual perception's relationship with one's moral behavior and moral judgment,and whether this affiliation is moderated by any subsidiary variables. Significance tests and moderator analyses were performed through random-effect models.The combined effect size for the relation between individual perceptions,moral judgment and moral behavior was weakly correlated( r = 0. 19,p < 0. 01). Variables such as the directions,cognitive activities,perceptions,moral metaphors and Western or Eastern cultures did not show significant moderation effects. However,if the cultures are not merely classified by Western or Eastern and is rater specifically categorized as'country culture',a moderation effect was found( Q = 79. 454,p < 0. 001).