The effect of visual deprivation on the organization of conceptual knowledge: Testing the grounded cognition hypothesis

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Frederico Marques, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conceptual knowledge; Grounded cognition; PI release; Visual deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLINDNESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BLINDNESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949704510     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000011     Document Type: Article

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