Age-related changes in the appreciation of novel metaphoric semantic relations
| Autor: | Nira Mashal, Gitit Kavé, Ronit Gavrieli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Aged 80 and over Male Aging Verbal Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Language Development humanities Developmental psychology Semantics Psychiatry and Mental health Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Younger adults Perception Age related Metaphor Humans Female Geriatrics and Gerontology Right hemisphere Israel Psychology media_common Aged |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition. 18(5) |
| ISSN: | 1744-4128 |
| Popis: | In the present study we tested the possibility that older adults differ from younger adults in their appreciation of metaphoric semantic relations, and that age-related changes occur due to the perception of novel metaphors. In the first experiment 35 younger (mean age?=?23.1) and 35 older adults (mean age?=?75.3) were asked to rate the plausibility of metaphoric, literal, and unrelated word pairs. Relative to young participants, older participants rated fewer expressions as metaphorically plausible. The second experiment was conducted to examine whether the findings of the first experiment could be accounted for by an age-associated difference in the appreciation of metaphors with different levels of familiarity. In the second experiment, 25 younger (mean age?=?24.4) and 25 older adults (mean age?=?77.5) were asked to rate the familiarity level of the plausible metaphoric expressions. Relative to young participants, older participants rated fewer expressions as novel and more expressions as familiar. The results suggest that novelty plays an important role in appreciating the plausibility of semantic relationships, and age-related changes are associated with the appreciation of the novelty of expressions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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