Telling Things Apart: The Distance Between Response Keys Influences Categorization Times

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 887-890

  Lakens, Daniël ^a   Schneider, Iris K ^b   Jostmann, Nils B ^b   Schubert, Thomas W ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

binary categorizations; conceptual thought; embodiment; spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960463061     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611412391     Document Type: Article

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