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

In the current era, interacting with Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an everyday activity.
Understanding the interaction between humans and AI is of potential value because, in …

In this article, we review the research investigating the effects of social exclusion on
processing of social information. We look into this topic from the point of view of cognitive …

The binding of features into perceptual wholes is a well-established phenomenon, which
has previously only been studied in the context of early vision and low-level features, such …

Extensive research has investigated societal and behavioral consequences of social group
affiliation and identification but has been relatively silent on the role of perception in …

A great deal of human behavior is motivated by the desire for acceptance and belonging,
and a high proportion of people's emotional reactions stems from concerns with actual or …

Social exclusion is a common experience in people's lives. This chapter examines the
phenomenon of both short-term and long-term experiences of social exclusion from a social …

Recent research indicates that individuals show diverse behavioral responses to social
ostracism. The current studies evaluate how social motives following ostracism are reflected …

Does close distance increase liking for a social object? In a preliminary sociogram task, an
association between proximity and intimacy was found in drawings of self and others. In …

Despite the increasing use of robots in marketing to improve consumers' perceptions of
brand image, relatively little is known about how the positioning of robots (ie, as either …