Similarity is closeness: Metaphorical mapping in a conceptual task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 942-954

  Boot, Inge ^a   Pecher, Diane ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract concept; Asymmetry; Image schema; Metaphor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; METAPHOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77951712954     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903134351     Document Type: Article

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