Francesca M M Citron
Biographic Data
| ID | 4630169 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca M M Citron |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca M M |
| FAMILY NAME | Citron |
| SIGNATURE | CITRON F M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2859-5224 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Metaphor and multisensoriality drive appreciation in print advertising: An Experimental Study of Visual and Linguistic Synaesthetic Metaphors
The use of metaphors, whether linguistic or visual, has been shown to enhance advertisement effectiveness, and sensory marketing research highlights the positive effects of appealing to consumers’ sensory perception. Synaesthetic metaphors, which involve metaphor and sensory experiences, are ideal for studying the effects of both metaphor and (multi)sensory cues in advertisements. We experimentally tested the hypothesis that the presence of (ling…
Emotive content and sleep enhance memory for metaphorical language
Memory for emotional information is greater than for non-emotional information and is enhanced by sleep-related consolidation. Previous studies have focused on emotional arousal and valence of established stimuli, but what is the effect of sleep on newly acquired emotional information? Figurative expressions, which are pervasive in everyday communication, are often rated as higher in emotionality than their literal counterparts, but the effect of…
Riding the emotional rollercoaster? Emotions in online doctoral studies
This multi-year mixed-method research explores the first-year online doctoral students’ emotional experiences. Forty-eight students who embarked on a fully online doctoral programme between 2018 and 2022 completed a questionnaire four times across the first six months – the most critical period for students to decide whether to continue their studies. The questionnaire quantitatively measured the intensity of 36 different emotions felt by each st…
Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences
Conventional metaphors (e.g., a firm grasp on an idea) are extremely common. A possible explanation for their ubiquity is that they are more engaging, evoking more focused attention, than their literal paraphrases (e.g., a good understanding of an idea). To evaluate whether, when, and why this may be true, we created a new database of 180 English sentences consisting of conventional metaphors, literal paraphrases, and concrete descriptions (e.g.,…
Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach
Psycholinguistic research has shown that conceptual metaphors influence how people produce and understand language (e.g., Gibbs, 1994, 2017a; Kövecses, 2015; Jacobs & Kinder, 2017). So far, investigations have mostly paid attention to non-poetic metaphor comprehension. This focus stems from the original discovery of Conceptual Metaphor Theory that much of everyday, non-poetic language is metaphorical. The present study aims to expand this focus a…
Interpreting Figurative Meaning
Interpreting Figurative Meaning presents a critical review of theoretical models of figurative language comprehension and interpretation as well as of relevant empirical research in psycholinguisti
Metaphorical Sentences Are More Emotionally Engaging than Their Literal Counterparts
Why do people so often use metaphorical expressions when literal paraphrases are readily available? This study focuses on a comparison of metaphorical statements involving the source domain of taste (e.g., “She looked at him sweetly”) and their literal paraphrases (e.g., “She looked at him kindly”). Metaphorical and literal sentences differed only in one word and were normed for length, familiarity, imageability, emotional valence, and arousal. O…
Neural correlates of written emotion word processing: A review of recent electrophysiological and hemodynamic neuroimaging studies
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Neural correlates of written emotion word processing: A review of recent electrophysiological and hemodynamic neuroimaging studies
Metaphorical Sentences Are More Emotionally Engaging than Their Literal Counterparts
Why do people so often use metaphorical expressions when literal paraphrases are readily available? This study focuses on a comparison of metaphorical statements involving the source domain of taste (e.g., “She looked at him sweetly”) and their literal paraphrases (e.g., “She looked at him kindly”). Metaphorical and literal sentences differed only in one word and were normed for length, familiarity, imageability, emotional valence, and arousal. O…
Interpreting Figurative Meaning
Interpreting Figurative Meaning presents a critical review of theoretical models of figurative language comprehension and interpretation as well as of relevant empirical research in psycholinguisti
Conceptual metaphors in poetry interpretation: A psycholinguistic approach
Psycholinguistic research has shown that conceptual metaphors influence how people produce and understand language (e.g., Gibbs, 1994, 2017a; Kövecses, 2015; Jacobs & Kinder, 2017). So far, investigations have mostly paid attention to non-poetic metaphor comprehension. This focus stems from the original discovery of Conceptual Metaphor Theory that much of everyday, non-poetic language is metaphorical. The present study aims to expand this focus a…
Conventional metaphors elicit greater real-time engagement than literal paraphrases or concrete sentences
Conventional metaphors (e.g., a firm grasp on an idea) are extremely common. A possible explanation for their ubiquity is that they are more engaging, evoking more focused attention, than their literal paraphrases (e.g., a good understanding of an idea). To evaluate whether, when, and why this may be true, we created a new database of 180 English sentences consisting of conventional metaphors, literal paraphrases, and concrete descriptions (e.g.,…
Riding the emotional rollercoaster? Emotions in online doctoral studies
This multi-year mixed-method research explores the first-year online doctoral students’ emotional experiences. Forty-eight students who embarked on a fully online doctoral programme between 2018 and 2022 completed a questionnaire four times across the first six months – the most critical period for students to decide whether to continue their studies. The questionnaire quantitatively measured the intensity of 36 different emotions felt by each st…
Metaphor and multisensoriality drive appreciation in print advertising: An Experimental Study of Visual and Linguistic Synaesthetic Metaphors
The use of metaphors, whether linguistic or visual, has been shown to enhance advertisement effectiveness, and sensory marketing research highlights the positive effects of appealing to consumers’ sensory perception. Synaesthetic metaphors, which involve metaphor and sensory experiences, are ideal for studying the effects of both metaphor and (multi)sensory cues in advertisements. We experimentally tested the hypothesis that the presence of (ling…
Emotive content and sleep enhance memory for metaphorical language
Memory for emotional information is greater than for non-emotional information and is enhanced by sleep-related consolidation. Previous studies have focused on emotional arousal and valence of established stimuli, but what is the effect of sleep on newly acquired emotional information? Figurative expressions, which are pervasive in everyday communication, are often rated as higher in emotionality than their literal counterparts, but the effect of…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (5 works) · Cognition (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Literal and figurative language (4 works) · Metaphor (3 works) · Arousal (2 works) · Comprehension (2 works)