Sentence comprehension affects the dynamics of bimanual coordination: Implications for embodied cognition

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2409-2417

  Olmstead, Anne J ^a,b   Viswanathan, Navin ^a,b   Aicher, Karen A ^a,b   Fowler, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition and coordination.; Coordination dynamics; Embodied cognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449580531     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210902846765     Document Type: Article

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