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Metaphorical Thinking and Information Processing Ability
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
- 1 Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
- 2 Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science·Volume 04 (2014)·Pages 465–469·Published 13 October 2014·DOI10.4236/jbbs.2014.410045
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Abstract
Practice of Metaphorical thinking in understanding given information promotes the communication of the two hemispheres by a bundle of connecting fibres, the corpus callosum at neo cortex level and through hippocampus at the level of limbic system. Hence, metaphorical thinking helps learners to make connections and develop patterns and relationships in parallel to the language as well as symbols relevant to the given information.
KeywordsMetaphorical ThinkingCorpus CallosumNeo Cortex
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