Browsing by Author "Miller, Jeremy K."

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Investigating Object Orientation Effects Across 18 Languages
(Springer, 2025) Chen, Sau-Chin; Buchanan, Erin M.; Kekecs, Zoltan; Miller, Jeremy K.; Szabelska, Anna; Aczel, Balazs; Chartier, Christopher R.
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.
Multi-Region Investigation of 'Man as Default in Attitudes
(Public Library Science, 2025) Phills, Curtis Edward; Miller, Jeremy K.; Buchanan, Erin M.; Williams, Amanda; Meyers, Chanel; Brown, Elizabeth R.; Kekecs, Zoltan
Previous research has studied the extent to which men are the default members of social groups in terms of memory, categorization, and stereotyping, but not attitudes which is critical because of attitudes' relationship to behavior. Results from our survey (N > 5000) collected via a globally distributed laboratory network in over 40 regions demonstrated that attitudes toward Black people and politicians had a stronger relationship with attitudes toward the men rather than the women of the group. However, attitudes toward White people had a stronger relationship with attitudes toward White women than White men, whereas attitudes toward East Asian people, police officers, and criminals did not have a stronger relationship with attitudes toward either the men or women of each respective group. Regional agreement with traditional gender roles was explored as a potential moderator. These findings have implications for understanding the unique forms of prejudice women face around the world.