Drivers of cultural success: The case of sensory metaphors

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-34

  Akpinar, Ezgi ^a   Berger, Jonah ^b  

^a MEF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Foundations of culture; Metaphors; Senses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; MALE; SEMANTICS; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE, MODERN; MALE; METAPHOR; SEMANTICS; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933179572     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000025     Document Type: Article

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