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Received: 17 September 2025

Accepted: 29 March 2026

First Online: 7 April 2026

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: This research complied with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki). Ethical approval for all the presented studies was granted by the Research Ethics Committee on Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba under the following approvals: Project No.: 2023-207A, Title: The Effect of Conceptual Metaphors of Doors on Goal-Pursuit Switching; Project No.: 2024-196A, Title: Influence of the Conceptual Metaphor of a Door on Goal Switching: Focusing on the Situation Where a Sub-Goal Has Not Been Achieved. We report how we determined our sample size, all data exclusions (if any), all manipulations, and all measures in the study.

: Before participation, all individuals were informed of their rights and provided written informed consent.