Left out and vilified
Do the effects of political metaphors on spatial orientation judgments indicate a taboo effect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7149974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather Ashley Kumove (0009-0005-0612-7672, Reichman University Herzliya), Gilad Hirschberger (0000-0002-4248-132X, Reichman University Herzliya), Boaz M Ben-David (0000-0002-0392-962X, Reichman University Herzliya, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1289-1300 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cognition & Emotion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-9931 • E-ISSN: 1464-0600 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02699931.2024.2434148 |
| PMID | 39705172 |
| OpenAlex | W4405622519 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
128), replicated this procedure with the Hebrew words for "left" and "right" and examined whether political awareness primes would amplify the effect. Results indicated a slowdown for left-wing related terms above and beyond a congruency effect that was exacerbated under political priming. The slowdown was particularly pronounced among centre-right-wing participants in Study 1, but significant across political orientations in Study 2. Two auxiliary studies rule out the possibility that phonemic features of the words, or spatial preferences could explain these effects. Overall, results support a taboo effect (i.e., implicit aversion) for left-wing political terms
Biology and political orientation · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Ideology · Left and right · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Stroop effect · Taboo · Action Observation and Synchronization · Categorization, perception, and language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |