Motor simulation in verbal knowledge acquisition

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2298-2305

  Paulus, Markus ^a   Lindemann, Oliver ^a   Bekkering, Harold ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Implicit memory.; Object perception; Semantic learning; Tool use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449562314     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903108405     Document Type: Article

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