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From the Editors: Commentary for Embodiment Special Issue

Manipulating the body, measuring the body, and tinkering in the name of Psychology

• written by Thomas Schubert

Word of mouth: How our tongue shapes our preferences, and why you should eat popcorn in the cinema

• written by Sascha Topolinski

Grasping the grounded nature of mental simulation

• written by Ryan Elder & Aradhna Krishna

More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

• written by Michael Slepian

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

• written by Adam Fetterman & Michael Robinson

Seeing mountains in molehills: Embodied visual perception of the environment

• written by Shana Cole & Emily Balcetis

Judging a book by its cover: Prior knowledge determines the effect of embodied cues.

• written by Jesse Chandler

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

• written by Angela Celebre & Ashley Waggoner Denton

Sense-making through science

• written by Bastiaan Rutjens, Frenk van Harreveld & Joop van der Pligt

A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

• written by Theresa DiDonato

Are we all jerks? Why nobody helps when surrounded by others

• written by Janneke Schilder

Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice

• written by Aline Lima-Nunes, Cicero Roberto Pereira & Isabel Correia

That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life

• written by Mandy Tjew A Sin & Sander Koole

Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future

• written by Jim A. C. Everett

Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity

• written by Lena Låstad

House, M.D. and the science of psychogenic illness

• written by Ted Cascio

Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships

• written by Hans IJzerman & Justin Saddlemyer