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    "title": "Asymmetry in Language, Asymmetry in Mind: The Effect of Sagittal Time-space Metaphors on Children's Understanding of Time",
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    "abstract": "Although space helps children to grasp time, comprehending temporal metaphors remains challenging. Particularly, Mandarin has different degree of ambiguity in sagittal time-space metaphors, where ‘qian' (front/past) expresses both future-in-front and past-in-front mappings but ‘hou' (back/future) predominately expresses future-at-back mappings. Temporal metaphors with a longer duration unit (e.g., year vs. hour) also increase this challenge. We investigated: 1) when children understand sagittal time-space metaphors; 2) whether different degree of ambiguity leads children to having an asymmetric understanding of the past and future; 3) how the unit of temporal duration affects time understanding. 138 Mandarin-speaking children (3-5 years) undertook an 8-item sagittal time-space metaphors test. The results showed that age 5 is a milestone to understand sagittal time-space metaphors, and a longer unit of time duration and more ambiguous space-time metaphors hinder children's time comprehension. This study reveals the development of time cognition in non-western children and demonstrates how language impacts cognition.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Psychology; Cognition of Time; Language and thought; Language development; Language understanding"
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    "section": "Papers with Poster Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Jiayu",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Jiang",
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            "institution": "Syracuse University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Yan",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Gu",
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            "institution": "UCL",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2024-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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