Seeing Meaning in Action: A Bidirectional Link Between Visual Perspective and Action Identification Level

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-516

  Libby, Lisa K ^a   Shaeffer, Eric M ^a   Eibach, Richard P ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

action representation; perspective taking; social perception; visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; VISION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70449517100     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016795     Document Type: Article

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