The benefits of sensorimotor knowledge: Body-Object interaction facilitates semantic processing

Cognitive Science

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 591-605

  Siakaluk, Paul D ^a   Pexman, Penny M ^b   Sears, Christopher R ^b   Wilson, Kim ^a   Locheed, Keri ^a   Owen, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Semantic Categorization; Semantic feedback; Semantic processing; Sensorimotor knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949097965     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210802035399     Document Type: Article

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