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Investigating object orientation effects across 18 languages

mental simulation
object orientation
registered report
Psychological Science Accelerator

A Psychological Science Accelerator registered report testing the object orientation effect in nearly 4,000 participants across 18 languages, finding no compelling evidence for a match advantage for orientation.

Oct 22, 2025
Sau-Chin Chen, Erin M. Buchanan, Zoltan Kekecs, Jeremy K. Miller, Anna Szabelska, Balazs Aczel, et al.
 

Measuring the semantic priming effect across many languages

semantic priming
registered report
cross-linguistic
Psychological Science Accelerator

A Registered Report measuring the size and variability of the semantic priming effect across 19 languages in 25,163 analysed participants.

Sep 24, 2025
Erin M. Buchanan, Kelly Cuccolo, Tom Heyman, Niels van Berkel, Sau-Chin Chen, et al.
 

Multi-region investigation of ‘man’ as default in attitudes

gender
attitudes
androcentrism
Psychological Science Accelerator

A survey of more than 5,000 participants in over 40 regions testing whether attitudes toward social groups are more strongly related to attitudes toward the men than the women of each group.

Jun 25, 2025
Curtis Edward Phills, Jeremy K. Miller, Erin M. Buchanan, Amanda Williams, Sau-Chin Chen, et al.
 

A global experiment on motivating social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19
self-determination theory
social distancing
Psychological Science Accelerator

A preregistered experiment with 25,718 participants from 89 countries testing autonomy-supportive and controlling messages for motivating social distancing.

May 27, 2022
Psychological Science Accelerator Self-Determination Theory Collaboration, Nicole Legate, Thuy-vy Nguyen, Netta Weinstein, Sau-Chin Chen, et al.
 

Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science Global Engagement Task Force Report

open science
global engagement
diversity and inclusion
SIPS

A task force report with suggestions for improving inclusion and access in SIPS for scholars from regions outside the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

May 6, 2021
Crystal N. Steltenpohl, L. James Montilla Doble, Dana M. Basnight-Brown, Natália B. Dutra, Sau-Chin Chen, et al.

Does Object Size Matter with Regard to the Mental Simulation of Object Orientation?

mental simulation
object orientation

Language comprehenders have been argued to mentally represent the implied orientation of objects. This study examines whether object size moderates the orientation effect.

May 1, 2020
Sau-Chin Chen, de Koning B. Bjorn, Rolf A. Zwaan
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