The University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
5848 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL, 60637
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Michael Andric
Background
I graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Psychology. My undergraduate thesis work, completed under the guidance of Raymond Gibbs, explored embodied cognition and understanding of metaphors.
Research Interest
I am interested in language and motor function, with particular attention to the processing of semantic meaning, idiom, and even metaphor. My current research is using fMRI to investigate the neural correlates of emblematic gesture processing.
Publications
Gibbs, R.W., Gould, J.J., & Andric, M. (2006). Imagining metaphorical actions: Embodied simulations make the impossible plausible. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 25, 221-238.
