Why is heartache associated with sadness? Sadness is represented by specific physical pain through verbal knowledge.

ABSTRACT: People describe sadness as "heartache." The link between sadness and physical pain such as heartache has been empirically proven; however, the mental foundations that support the connection between sadness and pain remain unclear. The present study hypothesized that the connection between sadness and specific physical pain is established by concepts referred to as "sadness-pain concept," which are internalized based on features relating to interactions between the body and external situations. We examined the use of pain-related onomatopoeias as metaphorical words for expressing sadness, setting three primary goals for our study: (i) to identify sadness-pain words usable for both sadness and physical pains, (ii) to determine the specific sadness-pain words used for certain sadness situatio

SUBMITTER: Shirai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6493756 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature