Gesture changes thought by grounding it in action

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1605-1610

  Beilock, S L ^a   Goldin Meadow, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

action; embodied cognition; gesture; problem solving

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; GAME; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CONCEPT FORMATION; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78649541430     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610385353     Document Type: Article

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