Space and time in the child's mind: Evidence for a cross-dimensional asymmetry

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-405

  Casasanto, Daniel ^a   Fotakopoulou, Olga ^b   Boroditsky, Lera ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOM; Conceptual development; Greek; Metaphor; Space; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953228057     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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