Temporal language is often couched in spatial metaphors. English has been claimed to have two space → time metaphoric systems:...
The present paper evaluates the claim that abstract conceptual domains are structured through metaphorical mappings from domains grounded directly in...
How does space come to be used to represent nonspatial relations, as in graphs? Approximately 1200 children and adults from...
Does the language you speak affect how you think about the world? This question is taken up in three experiments....
Data from several experiments show that, contrary to traditional models of variety seeking, individuals choose to switch to less-preferred options...
Prior findings of emotional numbness (rather than distress) among socially excluded persons led the authors to investigate whether exclusion causes...
The authors hypothesized that people's predictions of how other people feel in emotionally arousing situations are often based on people's...
Positive and negative moods have been shown to increase likelihood estimates of future events matching these states in valence (e.g.,...
Recent studies have provided evidence for mental simulation as a strategy in mechanical reasoning. This type of reasoning can be...
In 5 studies, the authors examined people's perceptions of the endowment effect, or the tendency to value an object more...