The embodied nature of spatial perspective taking: Embodied transformation versus sensorimotor interference

Cognition

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-88

  Kessler, Klaus ^a   Thomson, Lindsey Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Direct posture matching; Embodiment; Mental rotation; Perspective taking; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE TAKING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549126835     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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