What is a metaphor for mind and mental processes?

What is a metaphor for mind and mental processes?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in English in which the mind or any of its processes is represented as an unrelated thing, person, substance, state, event or position.

Kinds
	Here are some kinds of metaphors for mind and mental processes:
	What is a metaphor for aspects of communication? What is a metaphor for emotions? What is a metaphor for mind? What is a metaphor for perception? What is a metaphor for rational processes?

Generic
	A metaphor for mind and mental processes is a kind of
	Conventional metaphors in English

Context for this page:

Concept module: metaphor for mind and mental processes
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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