The human body has historically been viewed as a natural, purely biological entity that is mostly separate from the mind. However, much work in embodied cognition has revealed the significant extent ...

Figurative language, by which the speaker intends to communicate something other than what is actually said by the words used, is commonplace in human communication. Some claim that metaphorical ...

Huge project by Glasgow University researchers plots thirteen centuries of startling cognitive connections Metaphor is not the sole preserve of Shakespearean scholarship or high literary endeavour but ...

In the 80s, AT&T urged people—metaphorically—to ‘reach out and touch someone’ with their telephone service. (A literal suggestion to do so would have been baffling and possibly criminal.) So what did ...

Among a cadre of healthcare researchers, a debate persists over whether you should call a cancer patient’s efforts to cope with treatment a “battle” or a “journey.” Which do you think is better? One ...