Stormy seas and cloudy skies: Conceptual processing is (still) linguistic and perceptual

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Louwerse, Max ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

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EID: 84867119914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00105     Document Type: Note

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