[Is more really up?: experimental evidence for orientational metaphor].
The purpose of this study was to provide experimental evidence for orientational metaphors based on the UP-DOWN image schema. Two experiments were conducted to examine the effects of the image schema on the picture-word comparison tasks. In the experiments, subjects were required to judge if the location of kanji-target matched the word printed at the center of a reference square. Under the condition in which the location and the metaphorical orientation of the kanji-target disagree, it took longer time for judgment. These results are interpreted in terms of accessibility and availability of the image schema.
Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, Waseda University, Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050.
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D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time