An idealized cognitive model, or ICM, is the name given in

cognitive linguistics Cognitive linguistics is an interdisciplinary branch of linguistics, combining knowledge and research from cognitive science, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and linguistics. Models and theoretical accounts of cognitive linguistics are c ...

to describe the phenomenon in which knowledge represented in a

semantic frame Frames are an artificial intelligence data structure used to divide knowledge into substructures by representing "stereotyped situations". They were proposed by Marvin Minsky in his 1974 article "A Framework for Representing Knowledge". Frames are t ...

is often a conceptualization of experience that is not congruent with reality. It has been proposed by scholars such as

George Lakoff George Philip Lakoff (; born May 24, 1941) is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena. The co ...

and

Gilles Fauconnier Gilles Fauconnier () (19 August 1944 – 3 February 2021) was a French linguist, researcher in cognitive science, and author, who worked in the U.S. He was distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego The University ...

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(1987) ''Cognitive models and prototype theory'', published at pp. 63–100 in

Ulric Neisser Ulric Richard Gustav Neisser (December 8, 1928 – February 17, 2012) was a German-American psychologist, Cornell University professor, and member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has been referred to as the "father of cognitive ps ...

(Ed.) ''Concepts and Conceptual Development: Ecological and Intellectual Factors in Categorization'' New York, Cambridge University Press. * Croft, William and Cruse, D. Alan (2004) ''Cognitive Linguistics'', Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 28– 32

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