Effects of social anxiety on metaphorical associations between emotional valence and clothing brightness

ConclusionsWe may expand Lakoff and Johnson’s (1999) conceptual metaphor theory by showing the relationships between social anxiety and malfunction in metaphorical processing. Malfunctions in metaphorical processing could lead to various types of psychological disorders which have deficiencies in emotional processing.
Source: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research