Area:
language comprehension, embodied cognition
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According to our matching algorithm, Michael P. Kaschak is the likely recipient of the following grants.
Years |
Recipients |
Code |
Title / Keywords |
Matching score |
2005 — 2009 |
Zwaan, Rolf (co-PI) [⬀] Kaschak, Michael [⬀] |
N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Sensorimotor Processes in Language Comprehension @ Florida State University
Language comprehension is an amazing phenomenon. Sound waves hit your ears, or squiggles on a page impinge on your retina, and with no awareness of the processes that unfold, you end up with the impression of understanding events and worlds that you have never experienced before. How does this happen? For the past 50 years, the dominant view has been that language comprehension is fundamentally a process of abstract symbol manipulation, much like the way that variables are manipulated by computer programs. With funding from NSF, Rolf Zwaan and Michael Kaschak will investigate an alternative to the dominant view of language processing. They will conduct experiments to test the hypothesis that language comprehension makes use of the body's systems of perception and action planning. On this hypothesis, the actions and events described in language are understood as if the comprehender is actually experiencing them firsthand. For instance, when understanding a sentence such as, "The car approached you," it is hypothesized that comprehenders will recruit those components of their visual system that would be active if they were actually perceiving an approaching car, even though there is no car in the surrounding environment. This hypothesis will be tested by studying 1) the planning of perception and action during language comprehension, 2) the retrieval of perceptual and motor information from memory during language comprehension, and 3) the role of the body in comprehending language that describes the actions of other people.
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0.915 |
2009 — 2013 |
Kaschak, Michael [⬀] Maner, Jon |
N/AActivity Code Description: No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Social Power and Action @ Florida State University
Social power is a fundamental element of human society. Having power over others (or, lacking power) profoundly affects people's experiences of emotion, their social relationships, and the kinds of decisions they make. Several recent scientific studies suggest that being in a position of power makes people especially decisive and action-oriented. This can help powerful leaders take appropriate action when necessary, but it can also result in overly quick and risky types of decision-making. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Michael Kaschak and Dr. Jon Maner will help uncover the basic psychological processes underlying these consequences of power. Their studies explore the hypothesis that the experience of power has a fundamental effect on people's motor systems (the bodily systems responsible for physical movement), essentially gearing up the neural systems responsible for planning and executing physical actions. The investigators will examine this idea by conducting laboratory experiments that place people into positions of power and then measuring both their ability to perform basic motor responses (such as moving their arm to press a button, or moving a computer mouse to select a response on the computer screen), and their propensity to make risky decisions. The investigators will examine the extent to which power promotes forms of risky decision-making via power's effects on the motor system.
From the choices of corporate CEOs to the actions of major world leaders, the decisions of those with power dramatically shape the world in which we live. Indeed, some form of power or hierarchy exists within virtually every type of social context, from informal interactions between friends, to professional relationships within an academic or business environment, to decisions made at the highest levels of government. The research being conducted by Drs. Kaschak and Maner will help identify the basic psychological mechanisms underlying choice and action and so has implications for understanding and informing the decisions and actions of leaders across a wide range of social and professional domains.
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0.915 |