magazine issue 4 2014 / Issue 20

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

• written by Adam Fetterman & Michael Robinson
• edited by Brian Meier

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Fetterman, A. K., Robinson, M. D., & Meier, B. P. (2012). Anger as “Seeing Red”: Reaction time evidence for an implicit association. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 1445-1458.

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Robinson, M. D., & Fetterman, A. K. (in press). Toward a metaphor-enriched personality psychology. In M. Landau, M. D. Robinson, & B. P. Meier (Eds.) The power of metaphor: Examining its influence on social life. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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