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Metaphors can help you read minds
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Metaphor usage highlights social bonds and increases understanding of others\' emotions, suggests a new study. Metaphor is a type of language that forms part of our daily conversations and communication. In this type of language, the literal or usual meaning of words and phrases is altered to convey some other, typically non-literal, meaning.
Toronto: Metaphor usage highlights social bonds and increases understanding of others' emotions, suggests a new study. Metaphor is a type of language that forms part of our daily conversations and communication. In this type of language, the literal or usual meaning of words and phrases is altered to convey some other, typically non-literal, meaning. But metaphors can in fact help one to 'mind read', according to the new study. It provides novel evidence that metaphor plays a special role in orientating one to the mental state of others.
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