When meaning matters, look but don't touch: The effects of posture on reading

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-562

  Davoli, Christopher C ^a   Du, Feng ^a   Montana, Juan ^a   Garverick, Susan ^a   Abrams, Richard A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; TOUCH;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; STROOP TEST; TOUCH;

EID: 77956465168     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.38.5.555     Document Type: Article

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