Perceptual simulations and linguistic representations have differential effects on speeded relatedness judgements and recognition memory

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 928-941

  Tse, Chi Shing ^a,b   Kurby, Christopher A ^b   Du, Feng ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Language processing; Orientation recognition; Spatial iconicity; Word order frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951705210     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903121655     Document Type: Article

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