The neural, evolutionary, developmental, and bodily basis of metaphor

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-95

  Seitz, Jay A ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain and mind; Creativity; Embodied cognition; Metaphor; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646872927     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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