In this paper, we classify metaphors into four categories: motion-based metaphors, static
space-based metaphors, static object-based metaphors, and static event-based metaphors …

Embodied cognition posits that processing concepts requires sensorimotor activation.
Previous research has shown that perceived power is spatially embodied along the vertical …

This study aimed to examine the embodied conceptualization of hope through metaphors.
We asked a group of participants to discuss their hopes in a semi-structured interview. We …

An episodic memory experiment was conducted to examine whether “conceptual
metaphors” influence how metaphorical expressions are processed and encoded into …

The power–space associations have been extensively studied as a possible way to reveal
the nature of concept representations, while the visuospatial and verbal–spatial codes are …

Using an action compatibility task, we investigated whether POWER is embodied in terms of
upward and downward movement in two languages (first and dominant language: Chinese; …

The aim of this commentary is to situate and comment on the four excellent articles in this
special issue within the arc of the last 50 years of experimental psycholinguistic research on …

This study explored whether instructing participants to make forward or backward joystick
movements in response to morality words is consistent with the conceptual metaphor …

The “recycling hypothesis” posits that the word recognition system is built upon minimal
modifications to the neural architecture used in object recognition. In two masked priming …

Background Perceptual and action systems seem to be related to complex cognitive
processes, but the scope of grounded or embodied cognition has been questioned. Zwaan …