ERC_Cog PROMENADE - WP4: Metaphor priming in schizophrenia

This repository contains the materials and data associated with the research article: Bambini, V., Frau, F., Pompei, C., Bischetti, L., Mangiaterra, V., Martinelli, G., Battaglini, C., Vita, L., Agostoni, G., Bechi, M., Buonocore, M., Sapienza, J., Martini, F., Spangaro, M., Cocchi, F., Cavallaro, R., & Bosia, M. (2026), Visual overactivation during metaphor processing: A novel mechanistic account of concretism in schizophrenia. Link to preprint forthcoming. Please acknowledge and cite the dataset using the reference to the preprint article until publication The available files are: "README.md", providing all information about the datasets. "ERC_Promenade_WP4_Priming_data_schizophrenia.xlsx", including trial-level priming scores across conditions and the total score of the metaphor comprehension task for the group of participants with schizophrenia; "ERC_Promenade_WP4_Priming_data_controls.xlsx", including trial-level priming scores across conditions and the total score of the metaphor comprehension task for the group of control participants; "ERC_Promenade_WP4_Priming_item_properties.xlsx", item materials for critical trials (metaphorical primes and target words), with their psycholinguistic properties.