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Personality psychologists, though, have only recently begun investigating how metaphors can inform our understanding of what makes us different from each other. This review focuses on projects demonstrating links between metaphor and personality.
Jul 22, 2024 · Cognition. How Metaphors Shape Our Thinking. Metaphorical comparisons can influence people’s judgements and change behavior. Posted July 22, 2024 | Reviewed by Devon Frye. Key points. Metaphors...
We then discuss recent research that examines whether and how metaphor shapes attitudes and reasoning, outlining some of the cognitive, affective, and social forces that moderate the efficacy of metaphors on decision making.
Aug 12, 2022 · Fluidity in accessing concepts and carrying those concepts over between languages can play a role in communication, particularly as individuals who are bilingual tend to code-switch or mix languages to engage in more precise communication with other bilingual speakers (Heredia & Altarriba, 2001).
Feb 4, 2024 · Investigating nursing students’ beliefs about mental illnesses is very important to improve nursing education. The present study aimed to identify nursing students’ metaphors for their first clinical experiences of encountering patients with mental disorders.
Apr 2, 2023 · Mixed metaphors create comparisons between unrelated domains. Such comparisons can be bizarre or unintentionally humorous. When used with care, mixed metaphors can be eloquent and memorable.
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May 1, 2020 · Therefore, this study investigated metaphor comprehension and its relationship to cognitive and affective empathy in 20 patients with BPD and 20 matched healthy controls who completed a...
