What if the way we pursue happiness is part of the problem? This post explores why meaning, vulnerability, and depth—not pleasure alone—create lasting well-being.

Abstract: Creativity is an indispensable part of human cognition and also an inherent part of how we make sense of the world. Metaphorical abstraction is fundamental in communicating creative ideas ...

Semantic Extension, Idioms and Proverbs, Cultural Semantics, Cognitive Semantics Share and Cite: Di, J.Y. (2026) A Semantic Analysis of “Peach” in Chinese and Japanese. Open Access Library Journal, 13 ...

As nearly 2 million Christian missionaries worldwide step off on long- and short-term assignments annually, a new study from ...

The Moldovan writer Tatiana Tibuleac’s brief, profound novel “The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes” belongs in the latter camp ...

The Russian filmmaker discusses his biopic on the Russian poet, the nature of dissidents, and the heightened poetics of his ...

The senior living market in the United States is an underdeveloped opportunity, with low acceptance, negative perceptions and muddled messages.

People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be "living out" a deeply held emotion, according to new ...

O n Tuesday, researchers at Stanford and Yale revealed something that AI companies would prefer to keep hidden. Four popular ...

Have you ever heard someone describe their day as “a nightmare” or said that someone has a “heart of gold”? These aren’t literal descriptions—they’re metaphors, one of the most powerful tools in the ...

1 University of Pavia, Department of Brain and Bhavioural Sciences, Italy 2 Centro di Neurocognizione, Epistemologia e Sintassi teorica, IUSS, Italy Understanding metaphors requires to go beyond the ...