Arash Ghahraman

Beyond Representation: Metaphor as a Mechanism for Interpersonal Reconstruction of Embodied Experience.

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science September 23, 2026 Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Arash Ghahraman

Human experience is fundamentally embodied, involving the continuous interaction of external perception, bodily awareness, physiological states, and affective responses. However, because subjective experiences are multidimensional and personally situated, communicating their qualitative character presents a fundamental challenge. Existing theories of metaphor have primarily emphasized its role...