Using metaphor helps us understand each other's minds

[Dave Monroe]

http://boingboing.net/2015/03/16/study-using-metaphor-helps-us.html

The road to intimacy is faster than a speeding bullet: Metaphors and
social judgments

http://www.psychonomic.org/featured-content-detail/road-to-intimacy-is-faster-than-speeding-bullet-me

Metaphor creates intimacy and temporarily enhances theory of mind

http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13421-015-0508-4/fulltext.html

Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer

http://ideas.time.com/2013/06/03/why-we-should-read-literature/
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