Action semantics modulate action prediction

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2141-2158

  Springer, Anne ^a   Prinz, Wolfgang ^a  

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

Author keywords

Action language; Action prediction; Embodied cognition; Real time simulation; Semantic priming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149273752     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003721659     Document Type: Article

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