Leaning to the Left Makes People Lean Left - NYTimes.com
"In three studies we observed that spatially orienting people towards their left or their right correspondingly influenced their political attitudes. These results lend support to the notion that metaphor influences the way we represent and reason about abstract domains. In particular, due to the abstractness of political discourse, the metaphors we choose when discussing politics can impact our attitudes in the political arena."
Monday, September 27, 2010
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