What makes an analogy difficult? The effects of order and causal structure on analogical mapping

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 946-967

  Keane, Mark T ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE;

CAUSALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE;

EID: 0031178796     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.23.4.946     Document Type: Article

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