Congruity effects in time and space: Behavioral and ERP measures

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 563-578

  Teuscher, Ursina ^a   McQuire, Marguerite ^a   Collins, Jennifer ^a   Coulson, Seana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; Career of metaphor; Conceptual blending; Conceptual integration; Embodiment; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Mappings; Metaphor comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949084348     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210802035084     Document Type: Article

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