A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition

SUN Yanjie; SUN Fangfang

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SUN Yanjie, SUN Fangfang. A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 88-96.

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SUN Yanjie, SUN Fangfang. A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 88-96.

SUN Yanjie, SUN Fangfang. A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 88-96.

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SUN Yanjie, SUN Fangfang. A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Educational Sciences), 2014, 32(2): 88-96.

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A Meta-Analysis of the Moral Embodied Cognition

Department of Psychology, Peking University, Beijing 100871

Publish Date: 2014-06-20

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Embodied cognition emphasizes our body's important role in human cognitive process. Researchers have termed the form of physical variables altering an individual's moral behavior and moral judgment as "moral psychophysics". This article reports the results of a meta-analysis of individual perception's relationship with one's moral behavior and moral judgment, and whether this affiliation is moderated by any subsidiary variables. Significance tests and moderator analyses were performed through random-effect models. The combined effect size for the relation between individual perceptions, moral judgment and moral behavior was weakly correlated (r=0.19, p < 0.01). Variables such as the directions, cognitive activities, perceptions, moral metaphors and Western or Eastern cultures did not show significant moderation effects. However, if the cultures are not merely classified by Western or Eastern and is rater specifically categorized as "country culture", a moderation effect was found (Q = 79.454, p < 0.001).
- moral behavior,
- moral judgment,
- embodied cognition,
- meta-analysis

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