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Direct linkLakens, Daniel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2012
Previous research has shown that words presented on metaphor congruent locations (e.g., positive words "up" on the screen and negative words "down" on the screen) are categorized faster than words presented on metaphor incongruent locations (e.g., positive words "down" and negative words "up"). These…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Perception, Congruence (Psychology), Spatial Ability
