习惯的空间术语对空间认知的影响

The Effect of Spatial Language Habits on People's Spatial Cognition

采用Levinson开创的旋转观察者的实验范式,考察了习惯的空间术语对非语言空间认知的影响。被试是南方和北方的大学生。结果表明,南方大学生和北方大学生在非语言的空间操作任务上所使用的参考框架存在显著差异,南方大学生更多地使用以观察者为中心的相对参考框架(前、后、左、右),北方大学生更多地使用以太阳升落和地球磁场为参照的绝对参考框架(东、西、南、北)。这种参考框架使用上的差异与他们习惯的空间术语一致。上述结果表明,习惯的空间术语对非语言空间认知有重要影响。

The study adopted the paradigm of the viewerg rotation initiated by Levinson, explored the effects of spatial expression habits on people＇s non-linguistic spatial cognition. The subjects were the undergraduates from both south and north China. The results showed a great difference between the south and the north that Southerners incline to use relative egocentric frame （left, right, front, back） while Northerners use absolute reference frame （east, west, north, south） as spatial reference in the same non-linguistic spatial cognitive task. The difference of reference frames is consistent with the habits of spatial expression. It suggested that spatial language habits affect non-linguistic spatial cognition.