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Understanding the psychology in psychological metaphors*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

Michael Cicone ,
Howard Gardner  and
Ellen Winner
Michael Cicone
Affiliation:
Boston Veterans Administration Hospital
Howard Gardner
Affiliation:
Boston Veterans Administration Hospital
Ellen Winner
Affiliation:
Boston College
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Journal of Child Language , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 213 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (BNS 77-13099) and the National Institute of Education (G-78-0031). This paper was part of a presentation at the American Psychological Association, New York, 1979. We thank Dr Irwin Blumer for his assistance in arranging testing at the Michael Driscoll School in Brookline, Mass.; and Vievia Chrisman, Nancy Concannon, Eris Doorneweerd, Tom Jefferson and Betty Shelby for allowing us to work in their classrooms. Howard Gardner and Ellen Winner are also affiliated with Harvard Project Zero. Address for correspondence: Ellen Winner, Psychology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, U.S.A.

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