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 …

War metaphors are ubiquitous in discussions of everything from political campaigns to
battles with cancer to wars against crime, drugs, poverty, and even salad. Why are warfare …

People with schizophrenia often exhibit difficulties to comprehend figurative expressions,
such as irony, proverbs, metaphors and idioms, with a general proneness to neglect the …

Cancer health information is dominated by enemy and war metaphors intended to motivate
the public to “fight” cancer. However, enemy metaphoric framing may influence …

Bellicose metaphors for cancer are ubiquitous. But are they good metaphors for health
communicators to use? Because metaphors can guide reasoning about abstract concepts …

Analogy and similarity are central phenomena in human cognition, involved in processes
ranging from visual perception to conceptual change. To capture this centrality requires that …

While many scholars have pointed to the role of metaphor in explanation, relatively little
experimental research has examined whether and how metaphors are used and understood …

Metaphors pervade discussions of critical issues and influence how people reason about
these domains. For instance, when crime is a beast people are more likely to suggest …

As naturally occurring examples of folk culture and creativity, internet memes provide a rich
testbed to examine the interrelationships among cognitive and motivational factors that …

Metaphors are often used to frame news. Different types of metaphor (conventional, novel)
can affect issue viewpoint via different underlying mechanisms (cognitive and affective text …