Walking on a line: A motor paradigm using rotation and reflection symmetry to study mental body transformations

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-200

  Thirioux, Bérangère ^a,b   Jorland, Gérard ^b   Bret, Michel ^c   Tramus, Marie Hélène ^c   Berthoz, Alain ^a  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Mental body transformation; Reflection rotation symmetry; Self location; Spontaneous perspective taking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL BODY TRANSFORMATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

EID: 64849109361     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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