| A cross-linguistic study of early word meaning: Universal ontology and linguistic influence M Imai, D Gentner Cognition 62 (2), 169-200, 1997 | 724 | 1997 |
| Sound symbolism facilitates early verb learning M Imai, S Kita, M Nagumo, H Okada Cognition 109 (1), 54-65, 2008 | 599 | 2008 |
| As time goes by: Evidence for two systems in processing space→ time metaphors D Gentner, M Imai, L Boroditsky Language and cognitive processes 17 (5), 537-565, 2002 | 552 | 2002 |
| The sound symbolism bootstrapping hypothesis for language acquisition and language evolution M Imai, S Kita Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences 369 …, 2014 | 529 | 2014 |
| Children's theories of word meaning: The role of shape similarity in early acquisition M Imai, D Gentner, N Uchida Cognitive development 9 (1), 45-75, 1994 | 477 | 1994 |
| Novel noun and verb learning in Chinese‐, English‐, and Japanese‐speaking children M Imai, L Li, E Haryu, H Okada, K Hirsh‐Pasek, RM Golinkoff, ... Child development 79 (4), 979-1000, 2008 | 319 | 2008 |
| Japanese sound‐symbolism facilitates word learning in English‐speaking children K Kantartzis, M Imai, S Kita Cognitive science 35 (3), 575-586, 2011 | 232 | 2011 |
| Mapping novel nouns and verbs onto dynamic action events: Are verb meanings easier to learn than noun meanings for Japanese children? M Imai, E Haryu, H Okada Child development 76 (2), 340-355, 2005 | 224 | 2005 |
| Sound symbolism scaffolds language development in preverbal infants M Asano, M Imai, S Kita, K Kitajo, H Okada, G Thierry cortex 63, 196-205, 2015 | 215 | 2015 |
| The relation between language, culture, and thought M Imai, J Kanero, T Masuda Current Opinion in Psychology 8, 70-77, 2016 | 162 | 2016 |
| Scope of linguistic influence: Does a classifier system alter object concepts? H Saalbach, M Imai Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 136 (3), 485, 2007 | 140 | 2007 |
| On the equivalence of superordinate concepts EJ Wisniewski, M Imai, L Casey Cognition 60 (3), 269-298, 1996 | 134 | 1996 |
| Talking about walking: Biomechanics and the language of locomotion BC Malt, S Gennari, M Imai, E Ameel, N Tsuda, A Majid Psychological science 19 (3), 232-240, 2008 | 126 | 2008 |
| Sound symbolism facilitates word learning in 14-month-olds M Imai, M Miyazaki, HH Yeung, S Hidaka, K Kantartzis, H Okada, S Kita PLoS One 10 (2), e0116494, 2015 | 118 | 2015 |
| How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words J Kanero, M Imai, J Okuda, H Okada, T Matsuda PLoS one 9 (5), e97905, 2014 | 115 | 2014 |
| A developmental shift from similar to language-specific strategies in verb acquisition: A comparison of English, Spanish, and Japanese MJ Maguire, K Hirsh-Pasek, RM Golinkoff, M Imai, E Haryu, S Vanegas, ... Cognition 114 (3), 299-319, 2010 | 106 | 2010 |
| Separating the chaff from the oats: Evidence for a conceptual distinction between count noun and mass noun aggregates EL Middleton, EJ Wisniewski, KA Trindel, M Imai Journal of Memory and Language 50 (4), 371-394, 2004 | 101 | 2004 |
| Reevaluating linguistic relativity: Language-specific categories and the role of universal ontological knowledge in the construal of individuation M Imai, R Mazuka | 101 | 2003 |
| The conceptual mind: New directions in the study of concepts A Avargues-Weber, M Giurfa, J Plotnik, NS Clayton, R Seyfarth, ... MIT Press, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
| Is the future always ahead? Evidence for system-mappings in understanding space-time metaphors D Gentner, M Imai Proceedings of the fourteenth annual conference of the cognitive science …, 1992 | 91 | 1992 |
