Spontaneous gestures influence strategy choices in problem solving

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1138-1144

  Alibali, Martha W ^a   Spencer, Robert C ^a   Knox, Lucy ^b   Kita, Sotaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embodiment; gesture; problem solving; strategy choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052533415     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611417722     Document Type: Article

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