Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages

Sau-Chin Chen; Erin M. Buchanan; Zoltan Kekecs; Jeremy K.  Miller; Anna Szabelska; Balazs  Aczel; Pablo Bernabeu; Patrick S Forscher; Attila Szuts; Zahir Vally; Ali H. Al-Hoorie; Mai Helmy; Caio Santos Alves da Silva; Luana Oliveira da Silva; Yago Luksevicius de Moraes; Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu; Anthonieta Looman Mafra; Jaroslava V Valentova; Marco Antonio Correa Varella; Barnaby J.W. Dixson; Kim Peters; Niklas K. Steffens; Omid Ghasemi; Andrew J. Roberts; Robert M. Ross; Ian D. Stephen; Marina Milyavskaya; Kelly Wang; Kaitlyn M. Werner; Dawn Liu Holford; Miroslav Sirota; Thomas Rhys Evans; Dermot  Lynott; Bethany M Lane; Danny  Riis Sahlholdt; Glenn P. Williams; Chrystalle B. Y. Tan; Alicia Foo; Steve M J Janssen; Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze; Izuchukwu Lawrence Gabriel Ndukaihe; David Moreau; Brianna Jurosic; Brynna Leach; Savannah C. Lewis; Peter R. Mallik; Kathleen Schmidt; William J Chopik; Leigh Ann Vaughn; Manyu Li; Carmel A. Levitan; Daniel Storage; Carlota Batres; Tyler McGee; Janina Enachescu; Jerome Olsen; Martin Voracek; Claus Lamm; Ekaterina Pronizius; Tilli Ripp; Jan Philipp Röer; Roxane Schnepper; Marietta Papadatou-Pastou; Aviv Mokady; Niv Reggev; Priyanka Chandel; Pratibha Kujur; Babita Pande; Arti Parganiha; Noorshama Parveen; Sraddha Pradhan; Margaret Messiah Singh; Max Korbmacher; Jonas R. Kunst; Christian K. Tamnes; Frederike S Woelfert; Kristoffer Klevjer; Sarah E. Martiny; Gerit Pfuhl; Sylwia Adamus; Krystian Barzykowski; Katarzyna Filip; Patricia Arriaga; Vasilije Gvozdenović; Vanja Kovic; Fei Gao; Jingxiang  Li; Jozef  Bavoľár; Monika Hricova; Pavol Kačmár; Matúš Adamkovič; Peter Babinčák; Gabriel Banik; Ivan Ropovik; Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte; Sara Álvarez Solas; Harry Manley; Panita Suavansri; Chun-Chia Kung; Belemir Çoktok; Asil Ali Özdoğru; Çağlar Solak; Sinem Söylemez; Sami Çoksan; Ilker Dalgar; Mahmoud Elsherif; Martin R. Vasilev; Vinka Mlakic; Elisabeth Oberzaucher; Stefan Stieger; Selina Volsa; Erica D Musser; Janis H. Zickfeld; Christopher R. Chartier

doi:10.1007/s12144-025-08304-x

Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages

Sau-Chin Chen (Korresp. Autor*in)
, Erin M. Buchanan
, Zoltan Kekecs
, Jeremy K. Miller
, Anna Szabelska
, Balazs Aczel
, Pablo Bernabeu
, Patrick S Forscher
, Attila Szuts
, Zahir Vally
, Ali H. Al-Hoorie
, Mai Helmy
, Caio Santos Alves da Silva
, Luana Oliveira da Silva
, Yago Luksevicius de Moraes
, Rafael Ming Chi Santos Hsu
, Anthonieta Looman Mafra
, Jaroslava V Valentova
, Marco Antonio Correa Varella
, Barnaby J.W. Dixson

Kim Peters, Niklas K. Steffens, Omid Ghasemi, Andrew J. Roberts, Robert M. Ross, Ian D. Stephen, Marina Milyavskaya, Kelly Wang, Kaitlyn M. Werner, Dawn Liu Holford, Miroslav Sirota, Thomas Rhys Evans, Dermot Lynott, Bethany M Lane, Danny Riis Sahlholdt, Glenn P. Williams, Chrystalle B. Y. Tan, Alicia Foo, Steve M J Janssen, Nwadiogo Chisom Arinze, Izuchukwu Lawrence Gabriel Ndukaihe, David Moreau, Brianna Jurosic, Brynna Leach, Savannah C. Lewis, Peter R. Mallik, Kathleen Schmidt, William J Chopik, Leigh Ann Vaughn, Manyu Li, Carmel A. Levitan, Daniel Storage, Carlota Batres, Tyler McGee, Janina Enachescu, Jerome Olsen, Martin Voracek, Claus Lamm, Ekaterina Pronizius, Tilli Ripp, Jan Philipp Röer, Roxane Schnepper, Marietta Papadatou-Pastou, Aviv Mokady, Niv Reggev, Priyanka Chandel, Pratibha Kujur, Babita Pande, Arti Parganiha, Noorshama Parveen, Sraddha Pradhan, Margaret Messiah Singh, Max Korbmacher, Jonas R. Kunst, Christian K. Tamnes, Frederike S Woelfert, Kristoffer Klevjer, Sarah E. Martiny, Gerit Pfuhl, Sylwia Adamus, Krystian Barzykowski, Katarzyna Filip, Patricia Arriaga, Vasilije Gvozdenović, Vanja Kovic, Fei Gao, Jingxiang Li, Jozef Bavoľár, Monika Hricova, Pavol Kačmár, Matúš Adamkovič, Peter Babinčák, Gabriel Banik, Ivan Ropovik, Danilo Zambrano Ricaurte, Sara Álvarez Solas, Harry Manley, Panita Suavansri, Chun-Chia Kung, Belemir Çoktok, Asil Ali Özdoğru, Çağlar Solak, Sinem Söylemez, Sami Çoksan, Ilker Dalgar, Mahmoud Elsherif, Martin R. Vasilev, Vinka Mlakic, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, Stefan Stieger, Selina Volsa, Erica D Musser, Janis H. Zickfeld, Christopher R. Chartier

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Abstract

Mental simulation theories of language comprehension propose that people automatically create mental representations of objects mentioned in sentences. Mental representation is often measured with the sentence-picture verification task, wherein participants first read a sentence that implies the object property (i.e., shape and orientation). Participants then respond to an image of an object by indicating whether it was an object from the sentence or not. Previous studies have shown matching advantages for shape, but findings concerning object orientation have not been robust across languages. This registered report investigated the match advantage of object orientation across 18 languages in nearly 4,000 participants. The preregistered analysis revealed no compelling evidence for a match advantage for orientation across languages. Additionally, the match advantage was not predicted by mental rotation scores. In light of these findings, we discuss the implications for current theory and methodology surrounding mental simulation.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Seiten (von - bis)	19148-19174
Seitenumfang	27
Fachzeitschrift	Current Psychology
Jahrgang	44
Ausgabenummer	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08304-x
Publikationsstatus	Veröffentlicht - 22 Okt. 2025

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Matúš Adamkovič was supported by APVV-20-0319; Ivan Ropovik was supported by APVV-23-0421 and Mediated Society (MEDIS:ON) CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008713, co-financed by the European Union; Peter Babinčák was supported by APVV-23-0647; Robert M. Ross was supported by Australian Research Council (grant number: DP180102384) and the John Templeton Foundation (grant ID: 62631); Zoltan Kekecs was supported by János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Science; Mahmoud Elsherif was supported by Leverhulme Trust; Glenn P. Williams was supported by Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (RPG-2016-093); Krystian Barzykowski was supported by National Science Centre, Poland (2019/35/B/HS6/00528); Gabriel Baník was supported by PRIMUS/20/HUM/009; Patrícia Arriaga was supported by Portuguese National Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT UID/PSI/03125/2019); Monika Hricová was supported by VEGA 1/0145/23.

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Chen, S.-C., Buchanan, E. M., Kekecs, Z., Miller, J. K., Szabelska, A., Aczel, B., Bernabeu, P., Forscher, P. S., Szuts, A., Vally, Z., Al-Hoorie, A. H., Helmy, M., da Silva, C. S. A., da Silva, L. O., de Moraes, Y. L., Hsu, R. M. C. S., Mafra, A. L., Valentova, J. V., Varella, M. A. C., ... Chartier, C. R. (2025). Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages. Current Psychology, 44(24), 19148-19174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08304-x

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