[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.
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Department of Educational Psychology, School of Education, Waseda University, Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050.
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time