Research

Papers

Two decades of peer-reviewed research on language, metaphor, judgment, and how people reason about complex issues. Filter by topic.

  • The psychology of framing: How everyday language shapes the way we think, feel, and act Psychological Science in the Public Interest · 2024 with S. J. Flusberg, K. J. Holmes, R. L. Nabi & T. Matlock MetaphorReasoning
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  • Why is Mother Earth on life support? Metaphors in environmental discourse Topics in Cognitive Science · 2023 with S. J. Flusberg MetaphorEnvironment
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  • Things are looking up: Vertical eye gaze in the environment affects perceptions of emotional valence in sad faces Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology · 2023 with S. J. Flusberg, D. Shapiro & K. B. Collister Reasoning
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  • How metaphor and political ideology shape lay theories of mental disorders Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology · 2023 with S. J. Flusberg & M. DellaValle MetaphorHealthPolitics
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  • On intersectionality: visualizing the invisibility of Black women Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications · 2022 with S. Billups, B. Thelamour & F. H. Durgin Reasoning
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  • Even simple framing effects are rational Behavioral and Brain Sciences (commentary) · 2022 with S. J. Flusberg & K. J. Holmes ReasoningMetaphor
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  • Metaphor and elaboration in context Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond (John Benjamins) · 2022 with S. J. Flusberg MetaphorLanguage
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  • Psychologically-informed chain-of-thought prompts for metaphor understanding in large language models arXiv preprint · 2022 with B. Prystawski, C. Potts & N. D. Goodman MetaphorLanguage
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  • Metaphor and the scientific method: Why Lacan's perspective isn't helpful yet Theory & Psychology (commentary) · 2022 MetaphorMethods
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  • Same data, different conclusions: Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · 2021 with M. Schweinsberg, M. Feldman, et al. MethodsReasoning
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  • Effects of communication modality and speaker identity on metaphor framing Metaphor & Symbol · 2020 with S. J. Flusberg, M. Lauria & S. Balko Metaphor
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  • Implicit structure in sensory metaphors of personality Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2020 with F. Durgin, K. Parece & S. Billups MetaphorLanguage
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  • Word aversion and consumer behavior Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2020 with K. Christel Language
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  • A connectionist account of the relational shift and context sensitivity in the development of generalisation Connection Science · 2020 with A. Blonder & S. J. Flusberg LanguageReasoning
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  • Studying variation in political metaphor: From discourse analysis to experiment Variation in Political Metaphor (John Benjamins) · 2019 with M. Reuchamps & J. Perrez MetaphorPolitics
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  • Variation in methods for studying political metaphor: Comparing experiments and discourse analysis Variation in Political Metaphor (John Benjamins) · 2019 with J. Fleming & M. Lannen MetaphorPoliticsMethods
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  • A journey through variation in political metaphor Variation in Political Metaphor (John Benjamins) · 2019 with J. Perrez & M. Reuchamps MetaphorPolitics
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  • The role of metaphor in communication and thought Language and Linguistics Compass · 2019 with T. Matlock & S. J. Flusberg Metaphor
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  • Compound words reflect cross-culturally shared bodily metaphors Cognitive Science · 2018 with K. J. Holmes & S. J. Flusberg MetaphorLanguage
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  • Are subjective ratings of metaphors a red herring? The big two dimensions of metaphoric sentences Behavior Research Methods · 2018 with L. Sikos & F. H. Durgin MethodsLanguageMetaphor
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  • War metaphors in public discourse Metaphor & Symbol · 2018 with S. J. Flusberg & T. Matlock MetaphorPolitics
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  • How linguistic metaphor scaffolds reasoning Trends in Cognitive Sciences · 2017 with R. K. Hendricks & L. Boroditsky MetaphorReasoning
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  • Metaphorical accounting: How framing the federal budget like a household's affects voting intentions Cognitive Science · 2017 with S. J. Flusberg MetaphorPolitics
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  • Metaphors for the war (or race) against climate change Environmental Communication · 2017 with S. J. Flusberg & T. Matlock MetaphorEnvironmentPolitics
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  • The metaphor police: A case study of the role of metaphor in explanation Psychonomic Bulletin & Review · 2017 with L. Crow & S. J. Flusberg MetaphorReasoning
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  • The function of metaphor framing, deliberate or otherwise, in a social world Metaphor and the Social World · 2017 Metaphor
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  • The earth is our home: Systemic metaphors to redefine our relationship with nature Climatic Change · 2017 with C. M. P. Frantz & M. Berretta MetaphorEnvironment
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  • Solving the puzzle to reach the summit: Using metaphor to gauge public perceptions of science Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2017 with S. J. Flusberg & K. J. Holmes Metaphor
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  • Head and heart metaphors for moral decision making: Conceptual or communicative? Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2017 with R. K. Hendricks MetaphorReasoning
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  • Narratives for obesity: Effects of weight loss and attribution on empathy and policy support Health Education & Behavior · 2017 with R. Uri, B. Thompson & S. J. Flusberg Health
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  • Lay theories of obesity: Causes and consequences Book chapter (IntechOpen) · 2017 with S. J. Flusberg Health
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  • Extended metaphors are the home runs of persuasion: Don't fumble the phrase Metaphor & Symbol · 2016 Metaphor
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  • A moist crevice for word aversion: In semantics not sounds PLOS ONE · 2016 Language
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  • Context, but not proficiency, moderates the effects of metaphor framing: A case study in India Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2016 with D. Lee & S. J. Flusberg MetaphorPolitics
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  • Systems thinking and environmental concern Journal of Environmental Psychology · 2016 with S. B. Lezak Environment
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  • The mind is an ecosystem: Systemic metaphors promote systems thinking Metaphor and the Social World · 2016 with A. Winneg, C. Frantz & S. J. Flusberg MetaphorEnvironment
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  • Measuring effects of metaphor in a dynamic opinion landscape PLOS ONE · 2015 with L. Boroditsky MetaphorPoliticsMethods
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  • The depression schema: How labels, features, and causal explanations affect lay conceptions of depression Frontiers in Psychology · 2015 with M. J. Fein, E. S. Goodbody & S. J. Flusberg Health
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  • The wished-for always wins until the winner was inevitable all along: Motivated reasoning and belief bias regulate emotion during elections Political Psychology · 2015 with M. M. Peebles, D. J. Grodner & F. H. Durgin ReasoningPolitics
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  • The relationship between narrative classification of obesity and support for public policy interventions Social Science & Medicine · 2015 with V. L. Perko & S. J. Flusberg HealthPolitics
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  • Situating a measure of systems thinking in a landscape of psychological constructs Systems Research and Behavioral Science · 2015 with C. M. P. Frantz & M. L. Stroink EnvironmentMethods
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  • Comparing metaphors reveals their persuasive capacity Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2015 with K. Gehring Metaphor
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  • Framing effects and the folk psychiatry of addiction Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2015 with S. J. Flusberg & M. DellaValle MetaphorHealth
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  • Natural language metaphors covertly influence reasoning PLOS ONE · 2013 with L. Boroditsky MetaphorPoliticsReasoning
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  • An emergent approach to analogical inference Connection Science · 2013 with S. J. Flusberg, J. J. Glick & D. A. Sternberg LanguageReasoning
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  • How metaphor shapes thought (doctoral dissertation) Stanford University · 2012 Metaphor
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  • Metaphors we think with: The role of metaphor in reasoning PLOS ONE · 2011 with L. Boroditsky MetaphorPoliticsReasoning
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  • Metaphor aptness and conventionality: A processing fluency account Metaphor & Symbol · 2011 with F. H. Durgin LanguageMetaphor
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  • On the emergence of analogical inference Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2011 with S. J. Flusberg, J. J. Glick & D. A. Sternberg LanguageReasoning
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  • A connectionist approach to embodied conceptual metaphor Frontiers in Psychology · 2010 with S. J. Flusberg, D. A. Sternberg & J. J. Glick LanguageMetaphor
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  • When a bad metaphor may not be a victimless crime: The role of metaphor in social policy Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Society · 2009 with J. L. McClelland & L. Boroditsky MetaphorPolitics
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  • Productive figurative communication: Conventional metaphors facilitate the comprehension of related novel metaphors Journal of Memory and Language · 2008 with F. H. Durgin MetaphorLanguage
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