Laura Baiocco
@laurabaiocco.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Psychology at the University of Arizona currently investigating metaphor and emotion 👩💻
and that 2) a good amount of experiments in the literature have found a late negativity effect (~500-1,000ms) for metaphors compared to literal controls, especially when metaphors were novel or presented during tasks that required reanalysis of stimulus.
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 AM
and that 2) a good amount of experiments in the literature have found a late negativity effect (~500-1,000ms) for metaphors compared to literal controls, especially when metaphors were novel or presented during tasks that required reanalysis of stimulus.
Among other things, we found that 1) N400 effects for metaphors compared to literal language seem to be only reliably found when metaphors are novel and presented with little to no context, +
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Among other things, we found that 1) N400 effects for metaphors compared to literal language seem to be only reliably found when metaphors are novel and presented with little to no context, +
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Congratulations to Laura Baiocco, Aleksandra Żukowska, and Carina Rasse for winning this year’s RaAM grants! We’re excited to see your projects come to life!
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Congratulations to Laura Baiocco, Aleksandra Żukowska, and Carina Rasse for winning this year’s RaAM grants! We’re excited to see your projects come to life!