Walking the walk while thinking about the talk: embodied interpretation of metaphorical narratives.

摘要: Two sets of experiments examined people’s embodied understanding metaphorical narratives. Participants heard one two stories about a romantic relationship; either that was successful or not, initially described it in terms as “Your relationship moving along good direction” nonmetaphorical very important to you.” were then blindfolded and attempted accurately walk, imagine walking, marker 40 feet away while they thought the story just heard. People who walked longer further than those presented with unsuccessful story. But these walking imagining differences disappeared when critical statement “moving replaced by expression. These findings, from another set experiments, suggest narratives is partly based on their simulations actions referred stories.