The role of suppression and enhancement in understanding metaphors

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 433-450

  Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a   Keysar, Boaz ^b   Robertson, Rachel R W ^c   Werner, Necia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Figurative language; Inhibition; Language comprehension; Metaphor comprehension; Psycholinguistics; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034747155     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.2000.2782     Document Type: Article

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