Metaphor creates intimacy and temporarily enhances theory of mind.

In 3 experiments we show that, relative to reading literal sentences, reading metaphor enhances performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), an instrument meant to measure first-order theory of mind. In each experiment participants read metaphorical or literal sentences in different...

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Publicado en:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 953 - 964
Autores principales:	Bowes, Andrea, Katz, Albert
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Aug2015
Materias:	Analysis of variance Communication Discourse analysis Interpersonal relations Metaphor Task performance Probability theory Questionnaires Research funding Scale analysis (Psychology) Thought & thinking Data analysis software Medical coding
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