The two forms of visuo-spatial perspective taking are differently embodied and subserve different spatial prepositions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Kessler, Klaus ^a   Rutherford, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Grounding; Movement simulation; Perspective taking; Social cognition; Spatial language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857334262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00213     Document Type: Article

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