Sweet silent thought: Alliteration and resonance in poetry comprehension: Research article

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 709-716

  Lea, R Brooke ^a   Rapp, David N ^b   Elfenbein, Andrew ^c   Mitchel, Aaron D ^d   Romine, Russell Swinburne ^c  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; THINKING;

AFFECT; COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; POETRY AS TOPIC; THINKING;

EID: 47649120457     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02146.x     Document Type: Article

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