The roles of body and mind in abstract thought

Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-189

  Boroditsky, Lera ^a   Ramscar, Michael ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIND-BODY RELATIONS (METAPHYSICS); MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; THINKING; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036518237     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00434     Document Type: Article

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