Implicit learning of mappings between forms and metaphorical meanings |
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| Authors: | Fengying Li Xiuyan Guo Lei Zhu Zhiliang Yang Zoltan Dienes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;2. Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China;3. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China;4. Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;5. Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science and School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK |
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| Abstract: | Previous research has shown that people can implicitly acquire mappings between word forms and literal meanings (Williams, 2004, Williams, 2005). We argue, from the metaphor-representation and embodiment perspectives, that people can unconsciously establish mappings between word forms and not only literal but also metaphorical meanings. Using Williams’ (2005) paradigm, we found that transfer of form-meaning connections from a concrete domain (space) to an abstract domain (power) was achieved in a metaphor-consistent way without awareness. Our results support the view that unconscious knowledge can be flexibly deployed in an abstract way not previously explored in the implicit learning literature. |
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