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"Metaphor seems not to activate the action areas as much as a direct action statement," he said, predicting that in future studies the premotor cortex will respond more strongly to novel images than to "frozen metaphors," otherwise known as clichés -- a finding unlikely to floor anyone, knock their socks off or cause their jaw to drop.
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OK, maybe metaphor isn’t always the best thing since sliced bread, but to refer to it as “frozen,†I think, misses the mark. Let’s not sweep the power of metaphor under the rug, but rather let’s look at both sides of the coin here—in my mind’s eye, we often may not readily see the naked truth of things, and yet, thru metaphor, we may hit the nail on the head and that may help us see the light, or at least provide food for thought.