A Review of Studies Supporting Metaphorical Embodiment

This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting metaphorical embodiment. These are divided into three categories behavioral, neuroimaging, and corpus studies. After summing up the findings these studies, it is concluded embodiment supported by lines research. followed number measured sensorimotor action effector strengths various concepts. Then, idea strength concepts linked to present main paper. Based on concepts, suggested degree involvement systems in mental simulation metaphoric actions may not be at same level all metaphors. It depends base metaphor modalities. If has high perceptual certain modality, modality plays most important role processing metaphor, while other modalities take less roles. In words, depending modalities, those levels importance metaphor. weak modal resources can come play process