Iconic gestures prime words

Using a cross-modal semantic priming paradigm, both experiments of the present study investigated the link between the mental representations of iconic gestures and words. Two groups of the participants performed a primed lexical decision task where they had to discriminate between visually presented words and nonwords (e.g., flirp). Word targets (e.g., bird) were preceded by video clips depicting either semantically related (e.g., pair of hands flapping) or semantically unrelated (e.g., drawing a square with both hands) gestures. The duration of gestures was on average 3,500 ms in Experiment 1 but only 1,000 ms in Experiment 2. Significant priming effects were observed in both experiments, with faster response latencies for related gesture-word pairs than unrelated pairs. These results are consistent with the idea of interactions between the gestural and lexical representational systems, such that mere exposure to iconic gestures facilitates the recognition of semantically related words.     

论中观—唯识演进的语言哲学意义

对语词与事物关联的探讨,在古代印度哲学中付诸阙如,这成为早期佛教语言思想的基本语境。从部派佛教走向般若经类思想的过程中,语义的实体性被消解,中观的假名论开始成为佛教语言哲学的主流。在中观的名论与唯识的存有论之间出现了明显的分野。唯识由"空"、"无我"等命题,尤其是对阿赖耶识的性质、内涵的界说,开出了一条引导语言走向自我消解,从而在本体层面上转向存有论的语言思想途径。中观与唯识是两种至今仍有巨大影响的佛教学说,而在名实之辨上,唯识表现出了比中观更为丰富、缜密的思维逻辑,主要包括本体论的觉性和存有概念的缘义两个方面。     

Is more always better? Effects of semantic richness on lexical decision, speeded pronunciation, and semantic classification

Evidence from large-scale studies (Pexman, Hargreaves, Siakaluk, Bodner, & Pope, 2008) suggests that semantic richness, a multidimensional construct reflecting the extent of variability in the information associated with a word's meaning, facilitates visual word recognition. Specifically, recognition is better for words that (1) have more semantic neighbors, (2) possess referents with more features, and (3) are associated with more contexts. The present study extends Pexman et al. (2008) by examining how two additional measures of semantic richness, number of senses and number of associates (Pexman, Hargreaves, Edwards, Henry, & Goodyear, 2007), influence lexical decision, speeded pronunciation, and semantic classification performance, after controlling for an array of lexical and semantic variables. We found that number of features and contexts consistently facilitated word recognition but that the effects of semantic neighborhood density and number of associates were less robust. Words with more senses also elicited faster lexical decisions but less accurate semantic classifications. These findings point to how the effects of different semantic dimensions are selectively and adaptively modulated by task-specific demands.     

Authoritative Master Kong (Confucius) in An Authoritarian Age

Employing the distinction between the authoritarian (based on coercion) and the authoritative (based on excellence), this study of the understanding of authority in the Analects argues against interpretations of Confucianism which cast Confucius himself as advocating authoritarianism. Passages with key notions such as shang 上 and xia 下; fu 服 and cong 從; quan 權 and wei 威, are analyzed to illuminate ideas of hierarchy, obedience, and the nature of authority itself in the text. The evidence pieced together reveals the Master to be authoritative rather than authoritarian; and the social order to which he aspired is one based on excellence rather than on coercion. The article then considers why teachings which present a model of authority as authoritative ended up as often identified with authoritarianism and concludes with some thoughts about how Confucianism might be rescued from authoritarian practice.     

词素认知加工的理论模型及研究范式

自上世纪七十年代以来,随着视觉词汇加工领域的研究,多词素词的认知加工引起了研究者的广泛关注。文章对三十年来的研究进行综述和系统梳理,重点讨论词素在多词素词认知加工中的作用。虽然对词素加工的本质 (形或义的激活)仍未达成共识,但词素语义能否在多词素词加工的早期阶段得到激活已成为现今研究的焦点问题之一。相关研究大致可分为三个对立阶段：分解论与整体论之争、词素形式论与语义论之争、先形后义激活论与形义同时激活论之争。本文最后指出该研究领域尚未解决的问题并对未来研究进行了展望。     

新哲学会与"马克思主义中国化"

“马克思主义中国化”是20世纪30年代末毛泽东明确提出的一个理论命题,新哲学会群体对其进行了初步论证。该会内部对这一命题的解释是有区别的,但其论证的发展趋势,则有意识或无意识地成为与毛泽东的名字相联结的逻辑链上不可或缺的一环,从而为后来毛泽东的思想就是“中国的马克思主义”结论的得出,以及与此有内在逻辑关联的“毛泽东思想”概念的产生,提供了理论的合法性基础。“马克思主义中国化”这一命题能够成立,并成为中国的意识形态,是当时各种主客观因素作用的必然结果,其中也体现了领袖者个人毛泽东的理论智慧,以及新哲学会群体理论论证的贡献。今天在继续使用这一在具体条件下产生的具有普遍意义的命题时,不应忽视其原初的本真意义,并要赋予其普适性和时代性内涵。     

国有企业与民营企业员工工作价值观的比较研究

采用修订后的工作价值观调查表对我国大陆6省市的257名国有企业员工和219名民营企业员工进行了调查。结果表明,国有企业员工的工作价值观在舒适与安全维度上显著高于民营企业员工;在能力与成长维度上显著低于民营企业员工;在地位与独立维度上二者差异不显著。     

Antecedents and Outcomes of Perceived Locus of Causality: An Application of Self-Determination Theory

We extended self-determination theory by examining personality antecedents and self-regulatory consequences of perceived locus of causality (PLOC), which is the extent to which individuals perceive their actions as caused by internal or external reasons. We theorized that personality would influence PLOC and that individuals with internal PLOC would engage in more self-regulatory activities, which would in turn predict performance and enjoyment. We used structural equation modeling with data collected from 260 students at 4 time points to test our hypotheses. The model fit the data well. Although personality had direct effects on the self-regulatory activities of effort and meta-cognitive strategies, in addition to the indirect effects via PLOC, tests confirmed that including the indirect effects produced the best-fitting model.