Metaphorically speaking: Cognitive abilities and the production of figurative language

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-267

  Beaty, Roger E ^a   Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattell Horn Carroll model; Intelligence; Metaphor production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; METAPHOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873250675     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0258-5     Document Type: Article

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