When do we simulate non-human agents? Dissociating communicative and non-communicative actions

Cognition

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-434

  Liepelt, Roman ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a   Brass, Marcel ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communicative action; Motor priming; Non human agent; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951667194     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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