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Erle, Thorsten M. and Topolinski, Sascha ORCID: 0000-0001-9295-3463 (2015). Spatial and Empathic Perspective-Taking Correlate on a Dispositional Level. Soc. Cogn., 33 (3). S. 187 - 211. NEW YORK: GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 0278-016X

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Abstract

Empathic perspective-taking is inevitably described using spatial locatives (understanding a point of view) and involves a metaphorical merging of the self and other. Visuo-spatial perspective-taking involves an actual embodied merging of the self and other. Yet, the two kinds of perspective-taking are treated as independent of each other. Four studies found that these two kinds of perspective-taking are related on a dispositional level. Individuals with high levels of empathic perspective-taking were betterat imagining different views of the same object (Studies 1-3). This correlation could not be explained by general intelligence (Study 2) and was nominally stronger among participants who explicitly reported that they engaged in spatial perspective-taking (Study 3). Study 4 showed a correlation between empathic perspective-taking and performance on another spatial perspective-taking task. These relations can be explained by a shared mechanism of embodied self-rotation during all kinds of perspective-taking.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Erle, Thorsten M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Topolinski, Sascha UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9295-3463 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-402439
DOI:	10.1521/soco.2015.33.3.187
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Cogn.
Volume:	33
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 187 - 211
Date:	2015
Publisher:	GUILFORD PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	0278-016X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language VISUAL PERSPECTIVE; AFFECTIVE CONSEQUENCES; GENDER DIFFERENCES; STIGMATIZED GROUP; SEX-DIFFERENCES; MENTAL-IMAGERY; SOCIAL-SKILLS; SELF-ROTATION; ABILITY; PERCEPTION Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40243