@inbook{07db66dc33d6452a88a278b6b9570e72,
title = "Pictures and Words: Analogies and Specificity in Knowledge Organization",
abstract = "In this paper we want to examine what kind of relationship exists between two semiotic systems, word and picture, and the formats of conceptual representation linked to them: propositional thinking and mental imagery. The specific aim of this research is to explore the characteristics of the representation and organization of knowledge referring to the meaning of an input-word (¿elephant¿), which we have considered in both types of communication: verbalization and graphic representation. The current study analyzes the verbalizations and the graphic representations of 75 pre-school children when using the input-word ¿elephant¿. Data seem to match the hypothesis of differentiation, according to which language plays the role of a filter, so that the choice of a language (verbal or iconic) activates preferential connections to the format of representation more similar to it.",
keywords = "Mental images, languages, pictures, words, Mental images, languages, pictures, words",
author = "Paola Colombo and Carla Antoniotti and Ciceri, {Maria Rita}",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-45216-4_40",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540202271",
series = "LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE",
pages = "358--366",
editor = "M Marinaro and R Tagliaferri and B Apolloni",
booktitle = "Neural Nets",
}