Handedness Shapes Children's Abstract Concepts

Cognitive Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-372

  Casasanto, Daniel ^a,b,c   Henetz, Tania ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Concepts; Embodied cognition; Emotional valence; Handedness; Metaphor; Space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84857966614     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2011.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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