Metaphors we think with: The role of metaphor in reasoning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Thibodeau, Paul H ^a   Boroditsky, Lera ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUNISHMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THINKING; VOLUNTEER; ADOLESCENT; CONFLICT; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952022280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016782     Document Type: Article

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