Embodied cognition accounts posit that concepts are grounded in our sensory and motor
systems. An important challenge for these accounts is explaining how abstract concepts …

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 …

This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting
metaphorical embodiment. These studies are divided into three categories of behavioral …

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 …

How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds?
In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes the cognitive processes involved in …

Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving
through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to'look …

An increasing number of studies have investigated non-literal language, including
metaphors, idioms, metonymy, or irony, with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …

The idea that the conceptual system draws on sensory and motor systems has received
considerable experimental support in recent years. Whether the tight coupling between …

We investigated the time-course of cortical activation during comprehension of literal and
idiomatic sentences using MEG and anatomically guided distributed source analysis …

What does it mean for metaphors to be “embodied”? Here we describe an influential theory
of embodied cognition according to which thoughts are implemented in perceptuo-motor …