ABSTRACT

In six studies (N=725), we extended the articulatory feedback hypothesis to person perception, examining how words featuring /i:/ sounds that activate the zygomaticus major muscle and words featuring /u:/ sounds activating the orbicularis oris muscle affect preference, warmth, and competence judgments of mock-usernames. Users with usernames including /i:/, in contrast to /u:/ sounds, were always preferred and judged as warmer and more competent. The impact of this manipulation in shaping preference as well as judgments on the core dimensions of social perception confirms the stability of the vowel-emotion link and the role of articulatory feedback in social information processing.

摘要

在六项研究 ( N = 725) 中，我们将发音反馈假设扩展到人的感知，检查以 /i:/ 声音激活颧大肌的单词和以 /u:/ 声音激活口轮匝肌的单词如何影响偏好，模拟用户名的温暖和能力判断。用户名包括 /i:/ 的用户，与 /u:/ 相比，总是更受欢迎，被认为更热情、更有能力。这种操纵对塑造偏好以及对社会感知核心维度的判断的影响证实了元音-情感联系的稳定性和发音反馈在社会信息处理中的作用。