Albert Katz, Western University
Professor
Psychology
London, Ontario
katz@uwo.ca
Office:
(519) 661-3681
Bio/Research
My initial scholarly work was on the role of mental imagery in concept formation (You can see the influence of both Al Paivio and Peter Denny here) and I have had a few side interests as well, namely studying individual differences in various cognitive processes. However, the “meat” of my researc...
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Bio/Research
My initial scholarly work was on the role of mental imagery in concept formation (You can see the influence of both Al Paivio and Peter Denny here) and I have had a few side interests as well, namely studying individual differences in various cognitive processes. However, the “meat” of my research life has been the study of two (to me, not unrelated topics): (1) the processing of nonliteral language such as metaphor and irony and (2) memory processes, especially everyday memory such as the recall of events in one’s life. In recent years, the main thrust of my research has been to examine the role of social and cultural factors in the processing of nonliteral language, both online and offline. A book on this topic which I co-edited with Herb Colston was published by Erlbaum in 2005.
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