Remember Hard but Think Softly: Metaphorical Effects of Hardness/Softness on Cognitive Functions

Previous studies have found that bodily stimulation, such as hardness, biases social judgment and evaluation via metaphorical association; however, it remains unclear whether bodily stimulation also affects cognitive functions, such as memory and creativity. The current study used metaphorical assoc...

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Published in:Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors: Jiushu Xie, Zhi Lu, Ruiming Wang, Zhenguang G. Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01343/full