Throughout history, philosophers, writers and musicians have used the head versus heart metaphor to signify practicality versus emotion. On any issue - whether it's government spending, Medicaid expansion or a career move - we talk in terms of following our head or our heart. Now, research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology indicates that the metaphor affects how we think, feel and behave. What's more, we can alter our thinking style and even our mental performance by ...
Throughout history, philosophers, writers and musicians have used the head versus heart metaphor to signify practicality versus emotion. On any issue - whether it's government spending, Medicaid expansion or a career move - we talk in terms of following our head or our heart. Now, research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology indicates that the metaphor affects how we think, feel and behave. What's more, we can alter our thinking style and even our mental performance by ...
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