Action Semantic Knowledge About Objects Is Supported by Functional Motor Activation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1118-1128

  van Elk, Michiel ^a   van Schie, Hein T ^b   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

action congruency effect; action semantics; semantic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 69049111766     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015024     Document Type: Article

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