A Clearing in the Forest

Winter, Steven L.

doi:10.1207/s15327868ms1003_5

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“…These studies reveal that virtually all of our abstract conceptualization and reasoning is structured by metaphor (Gibbs, 1994;Kovecses, 1990;Lakoff, 1987;Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999Sweetser, 1990;Turner, 1991;Winter, 1989Winter, , 1999.…”

Section: Conceptual Metaphormentioning

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Attention Metaphors: How Metaphors Guide the Cognitive Psychology of Attention

Fernandez-Duque¹,

Johnson²

1999

Cognitive Science

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Section: Conceptual Metaphormentioning

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Attention Metaphors: How Metaphors Guide the Cognitive Psychology of Attention

Fernandez-Duque¹,

Johnson²

1999

Cognitive Science

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“…These studies reveal that virtually all of our abstract conceptualization and reasoning is structured by metaphor (Gibbs, 1994 ;Kovecses, 1990 ;Lakoff, 1987 ;Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999Sweetser, 1990;Turner, 1991 ;Winter, 1989Winter, , 1999.…”

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“…Extensive studies and analyses have been done on a broad range of our most basic concepts, such as time, cause, event, mind, thought, memory, self, knowledge, morality, etc. These studies reveal that virtually all of our abstract conceptualization and reasoning is structured by metaphor (Gibbs, 1994;Kovecses, 1990;Lakoff, 1987;Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999Sweetser, 1990;Turner, 1991;Winter, 1989Winter, , 1999.…”

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Attention metaphors: How metaphors guide the cognitive psychology of attention

Fernandez-Duque¹

1999

Cognitive Science

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The concept of attention is defined by multiple inconsistent metaphors that scientists use to identify relevant phenomena, frame hypotheses, construct experiments, and interpret data. (1) The Filter metaphor shapes debates about partial vs . complete filtering, early vs . late selection, and information filtering vs. enhancement. (2) The Spotlight metaphor raises the issue of space-vs. object-based selection, and it guides research on the size, shape, and movement of the attentional focus. (3) The Spotlight-in-the-Brain metaphor is frequently used to interpret imaging studies of attention . (4) The debate between supramodal and pre-motor theories of attention replays the dichotomy between the Spotlight and the Vision metaphors of attention . Our analysis reveals the central role of metaphor in scientific theory and research on attention, exposes hidden assumptions behind various research strategies, and shows the need for flexibility in the use of current metaphors.

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“…Scholars in the field of metaphor point out that our cultural assumptions, what we believe and the values we use to frame our experiences play a major role in the way we construct and use metaphors to make sense of what we do in our daily interaction with a sociocultural environment (Lakoff & Johnson, 2003;Palmer, 1996;Winter, 1995). Metaphors are not used in a vacuum but emerge from the context in which we live our experience and we strive for making sense of what happens to us.…”

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“…Metaphor is the power of language to have a centre from where meaning is generated and systematically used to communicate particular experiences (Bullough, 1991). Winter (1995) maintains that a large part of our way of speaking (and writing) comes from a metaphorical idea of language. Winter also argues that metaphor is a mental map important in finding meaning and directionality in narrative situations in which experienced is written or verbalized and communicated to others.…”

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Becoming a special education teacher: Journey or maze?

Causarano

2011

Reflective Practice

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This paper discusses the beginning steps of the author as a special education teacher in a large Southwest public school district in the US. The author discusses his first year of experience in a large US middle school as an inclusion teacher by using self-reflective practice in the form of excerpts from his learning journal to become aware and understand the complexities of becoming a special education teacher. The metaphor of the maze is introduced and used as the lens through which the author experienced his becoming a special education teacher and how the metaphor of the maze dominates the professional growth and identity of the author in the field of special education.

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A Clearing in the Forest

Cited by 39 publications

References 15 publications

Attention Metaphors: How Metaphors Guide the Cognitive Psychology of Attention

Attention Metaphors: How Metaphors Guide the Cognitive Psychology of Attention

Attention metaphors: How metaphors guide the cognitive psychology of attention

Becoming a special education teacher: Journey or maze?

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