Birds of a Feather Flock Conjointly (?): Rhyme as Reason in Aphorisms

Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 424-428

  McGlone, Matthew S ^a   Tofighbakhsh, Jessica ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PERCEPTION; POETRY; SEMANTICS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0034280161     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00282     Document Type: Article

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