Evidence for Role-Neutral Initial Processing of Metaphors

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 529-541

  Wolff, Phillip ^a   Gentner, Dedre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034155157     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.2.529     Document Type: Article

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