The activation of metaphorical thought as a function of stimulus saliency
The automatic activation of spatial representations of affect has mainly been studied using stimuli at the extreme ends of the valence continuum, such as happy and angry facial expressions (e.g., Damjanovic & Santiago, 2016). It remains unclear whether the 'up = good' metaphor can also be triggered by stimuli with subtle valence. This issue was investigated in the current series of visual sear