The goal of the current research was to introduce a new component of intelligence: visual-object intelligence, that reflects one's ability to process information about visual appearances of objects and their pictorial properties (e.g., shape, color and texture) as well as to demonstrate that it is distinct from visual-spatial intelligence, which…

Thinking metaphorically requires a reorganization of concepts. Reorganization is the essential ingredient for thinking metaphorically. The ability to conceptually reorganize becomes challenged as metaphors are created and comprehended since anomaly or absurdity must be reconciled with previous experiences structured differently. This ability can…