In a previous experiment on the creative homospatial process, writers exposed to superimposed images created literary metaphors which were rated higher than those of subjects exposed to the same images projected separately. Shortening the duration of exposure to images produces significantly greater variability in ratings of metaphors for those exposed to the superimposed condition, as predicted from the mental representation in homospatial thinking.
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