METAPHOR-BASED SCHEMAS AND TEXT REPRESENTATIONS - MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS

Authors
ALLBRITTON DW MCKOON G GERRIG RJ
Citation
Dw. Allbritton et al., METAPHOR-BASED SCHEMAS AND TEXT REPRESENTATIONS - MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS, Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition, 21(3), 1995, pp. 612-625
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
02787393
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
612 - 625
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-7393(1995)21:3<612:MSATR->2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Four experiments were conducted to examine the role of metaphor-based schemas in text comprehension and representation. In Experiment 1, sch emas facilitated recognition judgments for schema-related sentences th at had been presented in a text. Similar facilitation was found for th e recognition of individual words in Experiments 2, 3, and 4. The resu lts are interpreted as evidence for the use of metaphor-based schemas to link elements within a text representation.