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

There is an increasingly prevalent expectation in contemporary society that employees be
passionate for their work. Here, we suggest that employers and employees can have …

The concept of secrecy calls to mind a dyadic interaction: one person hiding a secret from
another during a conversation or social interaction. The current work, however …

Secrecy is a common and consequential human experience, and yet the literature lacks an
integrative theoretical model that captures this broad experience. Whereas initial research …

Research on embodied cognition and priming show that human behavior is influenced
nonconsciously by the environment in metaphoric ways. Previous research has shown that …

Prior research on secrecy has examined the effects of keeping one's own secrets, but
people keep others' secrets too. The present work presents the first examination of the …

Embodied cognition theory proposes that individuals' abstract concepts can be associated
with sensorimotor processes. The authors examined the effects of teaching participants …

We all keep secrets, and often to the detriment of our well-being. But what happens when we
reveal a secret? This review integrates research on revealing secrets, from the perspective …

Although prior work has examined secret keeping, no prior work has examined who gets
told secrets. Five studies find compassion and assertiveness predict having secrets confided …

Secrecy, privacy, confidentiality, concealment, disclosure, and gossip all involve sharing and
withholding access to information. However, existing theories do not account for the …