Image schema

Hello! Have you ever looked at a picture and knew what was happening in it without any words? That's because your brain can understand and create pictures in your mind, called image schemas.

Image schemas are like little building blocks that help our brain create meanings from what we see or experience in the world around us. Just like how you can build a tower by stacking blocks, our brain can build understanding by combining these image schemas to form more complex concepts.

For example, imagine you see a dog running towards a ball in a park. Your brain will use the image schemas of "motion", "destination", and "object" to understand that the dog is running towards the ball. Or if you imagine a car moving up a steep hill, your brain uses the image schema of "movement" and "opposition" to understand the challenge the car faces.

Image schemas can be used to understand things that are not physical too, like emotions. When we talk about love, for example, our brain may use the image schema of "closeness" or "connection" to understand what it means to feel love towards someone.

So, in short, image schemas are like building blocks for our brain to create meaning out of different experiences and concepts we encounter in life.