According to the body-specificity hypothesis, left-handers (right-handers) are more likely to associate positive attributes with the left (right) side. We tested whether such body-specific influences also apply to evaluative judgments in realistic dynamic scenes. In two experiments (order counterbalanced), N = 231 participants watched videos from dual mogul competition where two skiers turn downhill through moguls side by side simultaneously and then comparatively rated the skiers’ technical performances. Experiments differed in the required response mode only. In Exp. 1, participants made forced-choice decisions by selecting either the left or right skier as the better performer; in Exp. 2 graded judgments were made on a 10-point scale ranging from −5 (skier on the left side) to + 5 (skier on the right side). Body-specific associations were found in Exp. 1 (OR = 3.16), but not in Exp. 2 (OR = 1.50). A control experiment (Exp. 3; same participants) revealed that our sample (OR = 2.31) behaved similar to previously reported samples in a well-established cartoon character task, thereby confirming body-specific associations in our sample on a task with abstract static stimuli. Collectively, body-specific associations seem to apply to realistic dynamic scenes, particularly when frugal forced-choice decisions are required.

根据身体特异性假设，左撇子（右撇子）更有可能将积极属性与左（右）侧联系起来。我们测试了这种特定于身体的影响是否也适用于现实动态场景中的评估判断。在两个实验（阶数平衡）中，N = 231名参与者观看了来自双大亨比赛的视频，其中两个滑雪者同时并排向下滑过大猩猩，然后对滑雪者的技术表现进行了相对评价。实验仅在所需的响应模式上有所不同。在实验中 1，参与者通过选择左滑雪者或右滑雪者为表现更好的人来做出强制选择的决定；在实验中 在10分制中，从-5（左侧的滑雪者）到+5（右侧的滑雪者）的10分制做出了2个等级的判断。特定于身体的关联在Exp中找到。1（OR  = 3.16），但不适用于Exp。2（或 = 1.50）。对照实验（实验3；相同的参与者）发现我们的样本（或 = 2.31）在完善的卡通人物任务中的行为类似于先前报告的样本，从而确认了在具有抽象静态刺激的任务中样本中特定于身体的关联。总的来说，特定于身体的关联似乎适用于现实的动态场景，尤其是在需要节俭的强制选择决策时。