Action's influence on thought: The case of gesture

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 664-674

  Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a   Beilock, Sian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Embodied cognition; Gesture; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955245463     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610388764     Document Type: Article

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