Attention metaphors: How metaphors guide the cognitive psychology of attention

Cognitive Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-116

  Fernandez Duque, Diego ^a   Johnson, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0032622566     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15516709cog2301_4     Document Type: Article

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