alleryIn spatial time metaphors, longer distances link with what?
AHigher volumes
BLouder sounds
CBrighter moments
DLonger durations
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Longer durations
1. Casasanto and Boroditsky studied how people conceptualise time with spatial metaphors.
2. They found longer distances are linked with longer durations.
3. Volume, loudness and brightness were not the pairing for distance.
_Source: Wikipedia, Linguistic relativity, Time perception_
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