When left is "Right": Motor fluency shapes abstract concepts

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-422

  Casasanto, Daniel ^a,b,c   Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

abstract concepts; body specificity hypothesis; metaphor; motor training; space; valence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STROKE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; STROKE;

EID: 79954563416     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611401755     Document Type: Article

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