Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2, Canada.
Mem Cognit. 2022 Aug;50(6):1336-1349. doi: 10.3758/s13421-022-01322-1. Epub 2022 May 25.
Previous research has found that reading a list of ostensibly unrelated expressions based on the same underlying conceptual metaphor can evoke false recognition on a memory task for new expressions that use the same metaphor, the so-called conceptual metaphor false memory effect. We examined the automaticity of this effect by dividing participants' attention with a concurrent task. In Study 1, attention was manipulated while participants read the lists of expressions, whereas in Study 2, attention was manipulated both when they read the lists and when they were engaged in the later recognition memory test. Across both studies, the conceptual metaphor false memory effect was observed when conscious processing was limited by dividing attention. These data support the argument that conceptual metaphors are automatically activated when metaphorical expressions are read.
先前的研究发现，基于相同的潜在概念隐喻，阅读一系列表面上不相关的表达，可以在使用相同隐喻的新表达的记忆任务中引发虚假识别，即所谓的概念隐喻虚假记忆效应。我们通过同时进行的任务来分散参与者的注意力，以检验这种效应的自动性。在研究 1 中，当参与者阅读表达列表时，我们操纵了注意力，而在研究 2 中，当他们阅读列表和参与随后的识别记忆测试时，我们都操纵了注意力。在这两项研究中，当注意力被分散从而限制了有意识的处理时，就会出现概念隐喻虚假记忆效应。这些数据支持了这样的论点，即当阅读隐喻表达时，概念隐喻会自动激活。
