Visual and Verbal Metaphors: Developmental Interactions.

Dent, Cathy; Rosenberg, Lois

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Publication Date: 1990

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Visual and Verbal Metaphors: Developmental Interactions.

Dent, Cathy; Rosenberg, Lois

Child Development, v61 n4 p983-94 Aug 1990

Subjects were 30 participants at each of 4 ages: 5, 7, and 10 years, and adult. Subjects described objects ordered in pairs. Children of 5 and 7 years improved their ability to understand visual metaphors which display a topic-visual interaction. From age 5 to adulthood, subjects improved their ability to comprehend metaphoric similarity. (RH)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Figurative Language, Individual Development, Metaphors, Visual Stimuli

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Language: English

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