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Metaphor

Damned Spot: Guilt, Scrubbing, and More Guilt

Wray Herbert | Posted 05.26.2013 | Science
Read More: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Morality, Embodied Cognition, Metaphor, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Handwashing, Ocd, Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth Effect, Science News
Wray Herbert

So far, the "Lady Macbeth Effect" has been mostly a curiosity -- a peek at the quirkiness of the not-entirely-rational human mind. But might this scientific insight actually be clinically useful? Tel Aviv University psychological scientist Reuven Dar and his colleagues thought that it might.

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Call Them 'Unauthorized'

Dan Kowalski | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics
Read More: Aliens, Language, Unauthorized, Illegal, Immigration, Metaphor, Undocumented, Politics News
Dan Kowalski

The only thing that matters is whether, and when, we enact meaningful, and comprehensive, immigration reform. Toward that end, let's use language that's helpful rather than harmful.

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What's Your Metaphor? Shape Shifting in 2012

Mark Matousek | Posted 03.21.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Self Help, New Year Resolution, Metaphor, Transformation, Life Direction, Consciousness, Healthy Living News
Mark Matousek

We all use different metaphors, of course -- they may shift back and forth in a single day. But we also have our core images, the metaphors that really stick, sometimes long after their due date expires.

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Don't Believe the Hype About U.S. Debt

Sally Kohn | Posted 07.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt, Boehner, Budget, Obama, Future, Business, Debt Ratio, Metaphor, Income, Deficit, Infrastructure, Corporations, Interest, Investment, Tightening, Deficit Hawks, Medicare, Gdp, Family Budget, Paul Ryan, Belt, Politics News
Sally Kohn

If the U.S. were borrowing anywhere near as much as Chase bank, we'd have legitimate reason to worry. But in general, borrowing money is necessary to invest in the future.

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Red Lenses on a Rainbow of Revolutions

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Cognitive Policy Works, Color Revolutions, Media, Journalistic Integrity, Journalism, Iran, Democracy Movements, Reporters, Civil Resistance, Repression, Cognitive Psychology, Framing, Frames, Bbc, Media Techniques, George Lakoff, Democracy, Green Revolution, Democracy Struggle, Nonviolent Struggle, Metaphor, Reporting, Journalism Norms, Aung San Suu Kyi, W. Lance Bennett, Nonviolence, Cnn, Media Framing, Burma, Saffron Revolution, Nonviolent Action, Media Bias, Investigative Reporting, Media News
Cynthia Boaz

Reposted from OpenDemocracy.net, series on Civil Resistance and the New Global Ferment Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San S...

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Therapy and the Writer

Judith D. Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Literature, Psychotherapy, Clinical Training, Psychoanalysis, Metaphor, Writing, The Therapist's New Clothes, Authors, Books, Therapy, Books News
Judith D. Schwartz

When I told people I was training to become a therapist the reaction typically was, "That will help you so much as a writer." Actually, it turned out to be the opposite: being a writer helped me as a therapist.

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A Good Week for Science (Or, What Eating Worms Reveals About Politics)

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cognitive Science, Embodied Mind, Embodied, Liberal, Conservative, Obama, Poll, Embodied Cognition, Frank Rich, Metaphor, Politics, Progressive, Lakoff, Brain, Reason, Paul Krugman, Nichalas Kristof, Natalie Angier, Politics News
George Lakoff

In one experiment, the strength of blink reflexes to unexpected noises was measured and correlated with degrees of reactions to external threats. Conservatives reacted considerably more strongly than liberals.

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What's in a Word?

Jon Foreman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Untouchables, Dalit, Jon Foreman, Hope, Josiane Racine, Racism, Word, Word Meaning, Luc Racine, Metaphor, Placeholder, Impact News
Jon Foreman

In many ways, words are metaphors pointing to the objects they represent.

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