Representation of categories: Metaphorical use of the container schema

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-170

  Boot, Inge ^a   Pecher, Diane ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; Conceptual metaphor; Grounded cognition; Image schema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79952165588     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000082     Document Type: Article

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