A functional role for motor simulation in identifying tools

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1215-1219

  Witt, Jessica K ^a   Kemmerer, David ^a   Linkenauger, Sally A ^b   Culham, Jody ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

embodied cognition; motor interference; motor simulation; object identification; tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649835300     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610378307     Document Type: Article

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