Audrin Catherine, Coppin Géraldine
University of Teacher Education, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland.
Cogn Process. 2025 Feb;26(1):51-57. doi: 10.1007/s10339-024-01222-z. Epub 2024 Aug 30.
Metaphorical sentences are assumed to be related to more costly processes than their literal counterparts. However, given their frequent use in our daily lives, metaphorical sentences "must come with a benefit" (Noveck et al. Metaphor Symb 16:109-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2001.9678889 , 2001). In this paper, we investigated whether metaphorical sentences were better remembered than their literal counterparts. In addition, we were interested in assessing whether the relevance of the metaphors impacted this recall. Anchoring this hypothesis in the appraisal theory, we hypothesized that food-related metaphorical sentences may be particularly relevant when one is hungry, and consequently, be better remembered in that particular physiological state. Participants were presented with randomized metaphorical sentences and their literal counterparts and were later asked to remember the missing word in both metaphorical and literal sentences. General mixed model analyses revealed that metaphorical sentences were better remembered. However, there was no significant effect of hunger. We discuss these results in relation to (1) the metaphor literature and (2) the appraisal theory of emotion.
隐喻句被认为比其字面对应句涉及更复杂的加工过程。然而，鉴于隐喻句在我们日常生活中的频繁使用，它们“必定伴随着某种益处”（诺维克等人，《隐喻与象征》16:109 - 121。https://doi.org/10.1080/10926488.2001.9678889，2001年）。在本文中，我们研究了隐喻句是否比其字面对应句更容易被记住。此外，我们还想评估隐喻的相关性是否会影响这种记忆效果。基于评价理论提出这一假设，我们推测当人饥饿时，与食物相关的隐喻句可能特别相关，因此，在那种特定生理状态下会被更好地记住。向参与者呈现随机排列的隐喻句及其字面对应句，随后要求他们记住隐喻句和字面句中缺失的单词。一般混合模型分析表明，隐喻句更容易被记住。然而，饥饿并没有显著影响。我们将结合（1）隐喻文献和（2）情绪评价理论来讨论这些结果。
