Getting a Grip on Numbers: Numerical Magnitude Priming in Object Grasping

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1400-1409

  Lindemann, Oliver ^a,b   Abolafia, Juan M ^a   Girardi, Giovanna ^c   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

action planning; common representation; generalized magnitude system; numerical cognition; object grasping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPREHENSION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349083546     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1400     Document Type: Article

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