Are things that are hard to physically move also hard to imagine moving?

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 158-164

  Flusberg, Stephen J ^a   Boroditsky, Lera ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Mental rotation; Motor imagery; Physical experience; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 79951856112     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-010-0024-2     Document Type: Article

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