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Metaphors we think with: the role of metaphor in reasoning

Thibodeau, Paul H ; Boroditsky, Lera Lauwereyns, Jan

PloS one, 2011-02, Vol.6 (2), p.e16782-e16782 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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Metaphors we think with: the role of metaphor in reasoning
Autor: Thibodeau, Paul H ; Boroditsky, Lera
Lauwereyns, Jan
Assuntos: 18th century ; 21st century ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Aged ; Biology ; Cognition & reasoning ; Crime ; Crime prevention ; Criminal investigations ; Decision Making - physiology ; Decisions ; Dissent and Disputes ; Electricity ; Female ; Forages ; Humans ; International conferences ; Language ; Male ; Medicine ; Metaphor ; Metaphors ; Middle Aged ; Motivation ; Personality ; Political parties ; Politics ; Problem solving ; Problem Solving - physiology ; Social and Behavioral Sciences ; Social conditions ; Social policy ; Social problems ; Social psychology ; Studies ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Thinking - physiology ; Trends ; Young Adult
É parte de: PloS one, 2011-02, Vol.6 (2), p.e16782-e16782
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Conceived and designed the experiments: PHT LB. Performed the experiments: PHT. Analyzed the data: PHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PHT. Wrote the manuscript: PHT LB.
Descrição: The way we talk about complex and abstract ideas is suffused with metaphor. In five experiments, we explore how these metaphors influence the way that we reason about complex issues and forage for further information about them. We find that even the subtlest instantiation of a metaphor (via a single word) can have a powerful influence over how people attempt to solve social problems like crime and how they gather information to make "well-informed" decisions. Interestingly, we find that the influence of the metaphorical framing effect is covert: people do not recognize metaphors as influential in their decisions; instead they point to more "substantive" (often numerical) information as the motivation for their problem-solving decision. Metaphors in language appear to instantiate frame-consistent knowledge structures and invite structurally consistent inferences. Far from being mere rhetorical flourishes, metaphors have profound influences on how we conceptualize and act with respect to important societal issues. We find that exposure to even a single metaphor can induce substantial differences in opinion about how to solve social problems: differences that are larger, for example, than pre-existing differences in opinion between Democrats and Republicans.
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Metaphors we think with: the role of metaphor in reasoning

Thibodeau, Paul H ; Boroditsky, Lera Lauwereyns, Jan

United States: Public Library of Science

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