Psychological perspective-taking is a powerful social cognition that helps us to understand
other people. It creates feelings of closeness and sympathy, motivates us to help others, and …

People prefer inward over outward articulation dynamics, a phenomenon referred to as the
articulatory in-out effect. It is empirically robust and generalizes across languages, settings …

Cooperation is paramount to harvest the benefits of specialization and division of labor. At
the same time, cooperation brings along the risk of betrayal. To mitigate this risk, people may …

It is generally accepted that a word's emotional valence (ie, whether a word is perceived as
positive, negative, or neutral) influences how it is accessed and remembered. There is also …

Previous research showed that words for which the consonant articulation spots wander
from the front of the mouth to the back (eg, EPOK; inward) are preferred over words with the …

Abstract Words for which the consonantal articulation spots wander from the front to the back
of the mouth (inward) elicit more positive attitudes than words with the reversed order …

We explored the impact of consonantal articulation direction of names for foods on expected
palatability for these foods (total N= 256). Dishes (Experiments 1–2) and food items …

The minimal conditions to elicit affective responses via approach-avoidance movements
were explored by using oral movements (total N= 1,363). To induce oral movements, words …

As brands expand globally into linguistically diverse cultures, choosing effective brand
names is becoming more important than ever. In brand naming, the in-out effect refers to the …

Words whose consonant articulation locations move inward (from the front to the back of the
mouth) are preferred over words with the opposite consonant articulation location direction …