Metaphor Interpretation as Embodied Simulation

By Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.. 2006

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Mitchell J. Nathan
2. Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.
3. Martha W. Alibali
4. Elena Semino
5. Markus Tendahl
6. E. Koopman
7. Gabriella Vigliocco
8. Mark Andrews

In Social Psychology

1. Mitchell J. Nathan
2. Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.
3. Elena Semino
4. Martha W. Alibali
5. Markus Tendahl
6. E. Koopman
7. Mark Andrews
8. Gabriella Vigliocco

Citations in the corpus

• Effects of "literariness" on emotions and on empathy and reflection after reading (2016, background): “While Gibbs’ (2006) claims make sense for conventional metaphors, like having “warm” feelings for a person or trying to “grasp” a concept, it is unclear whether his theory also goes for novel metaphors used in literature.”
• Descriptions of Pain, Metaphor, and Embodied Simulation (2010, background): “The view of embodied simulation that is relevant to this claim is broader than the approach that is adopted in mirror neuron research (see Gibbs, 2006b ), and relies on the findings of a variety of psycholinguistic experiments.”
• Embodiment in Mathematics Teaching and Learning: Evidence From Learners' and Teachers' Gestures (2012, background): “That is, gestures are taken as evidence that the knowledge itself is embodied (Gibbs, 2006a; Hostetter & Alibali, 2008; McNeill, 2005; Núñez, 2005).”
• The representation of abstract words: why emotion matters. (2011, background): “…Jackendoff, 2002), embodied theories of cognition (an early example of which is dual coding theory) propose that cognition is grounded in bodily states, modal simulations, and situated action (Barsalou, 1999; Barsalou et al., 2003; Decety & Grezes, 2006; Gibbs, 2006; Rizzolatti & Craighero, 2004).”
• Complementary perspectives on metaphor: Cognitive linguistics and relevance theory. (2008, background): “Contemporary research within cognitive linguistics even suggests that metaphor has its foundation in neural and bodily processes, and is not, as the traditional view argues, primarily a specific linguistic device (Feldman, 2006; Gibbs, 2006a,b,c; Lakoff, in press; Lakoff and Johnson, 1999).”
• Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory (2011, methodology): “More important, these data also showed that people have specific metaphorical conceptions of abstract ideas (e.g., emotions) that are shaped by recurring bodily experiences (e.g., their own bodies as containers; Gibbs, 2006a).”