The representation of conceptual knowledge: visual, auditory, and olfactory imagery compared with semantic processing

Cognitive Processing
Massimiliano PalmieroMarta Olivetti Belardinelli

Abstract

Two experiments comparing imaginative processing in different modalities and semantic processing were carried out to investigate the issue of whether conceptual knowledge can be represented in different format. Participants were asked to judge the similarity between visual images, auditory images, and olfactory images in the imaginative block, if two items belonged to the same category in the semantic block. Items were verbally cued in both experiments. The degree of similarity between the imaginative and semantic items was changed across experiments. Experiment 1 showed that the semantic processing was faster than the visual and the auditory imaginative processing, whereas no differentiation was possible between the semantic processing and the olfactory imaginative processing. Experiment 2 revealed that only the visual imaginative processing could be differentiated from the semantic processing in terms of accuracy. These results showed that the visual and auditory imaginative processing can be differentiated from the semantic processing, although both visual and auditory images strongly rely on semantic representations. On the contrary, no differentiation is possible within the olfactory domain. Results are discussed in the fr...Continue Reading

References

Apr 1, 1979·Cognitive Psychology·R A Finke
Feb 1, 1978·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·P Dixon, M A Just
Nov 1, 1991·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·D Algom, W S Cain
Mar 1, 1970·Journal of Experimental Psychology·S J Segal, V Fusella
Feb 19, 1971·Science·R N Shepard, J Metzler
Jun 1, 1983·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·M J Intons-Peterson
Feb 1, 1980·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·R A Finke, S M Kosslyn
Aug 1, 1981·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Human Perception and Performance·M J Intons-Peterson, A R White
Jul 1, 1981·Perception & Psychophysics·J Broerse, B Crassini
Sep 1, 1980·Memory & Cognition·M J Intons-Peterson
Jun 1, 1995·Perceptual and Motor Skills·J M AnnettJ C Leslie
Jul 15, 1993·Nature·C GuarigliaL Pizzamiglio
May 1, 1996·Memory & Cognition·G P Stuart, D M Jones
Aug 1, 1996·British Journal of Psychology·J M Annett, J C Leslie
Jan 1, 1997·Perception & Psychophysics·C JehlA Holley
Dec 6, 2000·Memory & Cognition·R S Herz
Apr 17, 2001·The Behavioral and Brain Sciences·L W Barsalou
Jul 14, 2001·Spatial Vision·C Craver-Lemley, M E Arterberry
Nov 30, 2002·Neuropsychologia·Sharon L Thompson-Schill
Mar 18, 2003·Trends in Cognitive Sciences·Zenon Pylyshyn
May 15, 2003·The Behavioral and Brain Sciences·Zenon W Pylyshyn
Aug 20, 2003·Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory, and Cognition·Toby J Lloyd-Jones, David Vernon
Oct 21, 2003·Nature Neuroscience·Moustafa BensafiNoam Sobel
May 18, 2005·Neuropsychologia·Fred W MastStephen M Kosslyn
Aug 9, 2005·Psychonomic Bulletin & Review·Richard J Stevenson, Trevor I Case
Aug 16, 2005·Brain Research. Cognitive Brain Research·A MazardE Mellet
Dec 20, 2005·Neuropsychologia·C A MarziS Savazzi
Aug 11, 2007·Memory & Cognition·Richard J StevensonMehmet Mahmut
Oct 5, 2007·Journal of Neurophysiology·Moustafa BensafiRehan M Khan
May 1, 2008·Experimental Psychology·Till R SchneiderStefan Debener
Jul 9, 2008·Memory & Cognition·Gregoire Borst, Stephen M Kosslyn
Jul 17, 2008·Memory & Cognition·William L ThompsonKatinka Van der Kooij
Oct 16, 2008·Chemical Senses·Fanny RinckMoustafa Bensafi
Dec 9, 2009·Cognitive Processing·Massimiliano PalmieroGian Luca Romani
Mar 3, 2010·Psychological Bulletin·Timothy L Hubbard
Mar 4, 2011·Memory & Cognition·Fredrik U JönssonMats J Olsson

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Feb 25, 2019·Cognitive Processing·Massimiliano PalmieroMarta Olivetti Belardinelli
Apr 21, 2020·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Artin ArshamianAsifa Majid

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Auditory Perception

Auditory perception is the ability to receive and interpret information attained by the ears. Here is the latest research on factors and underlying mechanisms that influence auditory perception.