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Title: Individual differences in comprehension of contextualized metaphors
We report a study examining the role of linguistic context in modulating the influences of individual differences in fluid and crystalized intelligence on comprehension of literary metaphors. Three conditions were compared: no context, metaphor-congruent context, and literal-congruent context. Relative to the baseline no-context condition, the metaphor-congruent context facilitated comprehension of the metaphorical meaning whereas the literal-congruent context impaired it. Measures of fluid and crystalized intelligence both made separable contributions to predicting metaphor comprehension. The metaphor-congruent context selectively increased the contribution of crystalized verbal intelligence. These findings support the hypothesis that a supportive linguistic context encourages use of semantic integration in interpreting metaphors.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1827374
NSF-PAR ID:
10231822
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Metaphor and symbol
Volume:
35
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1532-7868
Page Range / eLocation ID:
285-301
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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