Why Leaning to the Left Makes You Lean to the Left: Effect of Spatial Orientation on Political Attitudes
Daniel Oppenheimer & Thomas Trail
Social Cognition, October 2010, Pages 651-661
Abstract: A prominent metaphor in American politics associates left with liberals and right with conservatives. Three studies investigate the extent to which this metaphor not only shapes how people talk about politics, but how people think about politics. Participants who are oriented to their right report more conservative political attitudes, while those who are oriented toward their left report more liberal attitudes. This supports the notion that spatial metaphor is a key ingredient underlying abstract thinking even for important belief systems.
Oriented? (Nod to Kevin Lewis, btw)
Then, this:
Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.”
Inclines?
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