tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post4109131896835062446..comments2024-03-19T02:14:31.704-04:00Comments on <center>OnFiction</center>: Myrifield Institute for Cognition and the ArtsKeith Oatleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16419339550879570935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post-85367626021232017172008-10-28T16:54:00.000-04:002008-10-28T16:54:00.000-04:00This is great info to know.This is great info to know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455277388900637928.post-55507631044430810452008-07-23T21:05:00.000-04:002008-07-23T21:05:00.000-04:00This is fascinating -- and provides context for an...This is fascinating -- and provides context for an article that Raymond just passed along from Psychological Science (reference below), a potential example of such an interdisciplinary approach to art and interpretation.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sweet Silent Thought: Alliteration and Resonance in Poetry Comprehension (2008, Volume 19, Issue 7, Pages 709-716)<BR/><BR/>R. Brooke Lea (Psychology, Macalester College), David N. Rapp (Psychology, Northwestern University), Andrew Elfenbein (English, University of Minnesota), Aaron D. Mitchel (The Pennsylvania State University), and Russell Swinburne Romine (National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, University of Minnesota)<BR/><BR/>ABSTRACT—Poetic devices like alliteration can heighten readers' aesthetic experiences and enhance poets' recall of their epic pieces. The effects of such devices on memory for and appreciation of poetry are well known; however, the mechanisms underlying these effects are not yet understood. We used current theories of language comprehension as a framework for understanding how alliteration affects comprehension processes. Across three experiments, alliterative cues reactivated readers' memories for previous information when it was phonologically similar to the cue. These effects were obtained when participants read aloud and when they read silently, and with poetry and prose. The results support everyday intuitions about the effects of poetry and aesthetics, and explain the nature of such effects. These findings extend the scope of general memory models by indicating their capacity to explain the influence of nonsemantic discourse features.<BR/><BR/>Address correspondence to Brooke Lea, Department of Psychology, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105, e-mail: lea at macalester dot eduKirsten Valentine Cadieuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781128427942978109noreply@blogger.com