Title |
Metaphor: Bridging embodiment to abstraction
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Published in |
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, June 2016
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DOI | 10.3758/s13423-015-0861-0 |
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Authors |
Anja Jamrozik, Marguerite McQuire, Eileen R. Cardillo, Anjan Chatterjee |
Abstract |
Embodied cognition accounts posit that concepts are grounded in our sensory and motor systems. An important challenge for these accounts is explaining how abstract concepts, which do not directly call upon sensory or motor information, can be informed by experience. We propose that metaphor is one important vehicle guiding the development and use of abstract concepts. Metaphors allow us to draw on concrete, familiar domains to acquire and reason about abstract concepts. Additionally, repeated metaphoric use drawing on particular aspects of concrete experience can result in the development of new abstract representations. These abstractions, which are derived from embodied experience but lack much of the sensorimotor information associated with it, can then be flexibly applied to understand new situations. |
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