Theoretical analyses on how human cognition is related to spatial metaphor

Abstract

Cognitive structures and processes are part of human mind, which emerges from a brain and nervous system inside of a body that exists in a social and physical world. This article deals with the theories on human cognition and spatial metaphor, centering around their close relation on the basis of the understanding of spatial world, cognitive maps, spatial learning and development, navigation. Furthermore, the cognitive imageries of spatial metaphor is demonstrated in figures. With the knowledge of the spatial cognition of the world, five cognitive natures of spatial metaphor which are non-arbitrary, creativity, systematicity, multidimentinality and sociality are discussed. © 2014 Academy Publisher Manufactured In Finland.