Semantic memory includes all acquired knowledge about the world and is the basis for
nearly all human activity, yet its neurobiological foundation is only now becoming clear …

An overview of the basics of metaphorical thought and language from the perspective of
Neurocognition, the integrated interdisciplinary study of how conceptual thought and …

Why our use of language is highly creative yet also constrained We use words and phrases
creatively to express ourselves in ever-changing contexts, readily extending language …

“Our relationship to the built environment differs from that of any other art.” In order to find
this special relationship, the award winning writer Sarah Williams Goldhagen, who taught at …

We review psychological research bearing on major theories of metaphor comprehension. A
broad survey of behavioral studies is coupled with findings from recent meta-analyses of …

The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science
and the humanities. We marvel at the creative dexterity of gifted speakers and writers for …

It is generally assumed that abstract concepts are linguistically coded, in line with imaging
evidence of greater engagement of the left perisylvian language network for abstract than …

Abstract Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have
a bounded, identifiable, and clearly perceivable referent. The way in which abstract …

This article sets out to examine the role of symbolic and sensorimotor representations in
discourse comprehension. It starts out with a review of the literature on situation models …

Why do people so often use metaphorical expressions when literal paraphrases are readily
available? This study focuses on a comparison of metaphorical statements involving the …