Seeing, acting, understanding: Motor resonance in language comprehension

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Zwaan, Rolf A ^a   Taylor, Lawrence J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action observation; Embodied cognition; Language comprehension; Mental simulation; Mirror system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VISUAL ILLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33244471529     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.135.1.1     Document Type: Article

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