Spatial perspective taking is an embodied process, but not for everyone in the same way: Differences predicted by sex and social skills score

Spatial Cognition and Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 133-158

  Kessler, Klaus ^a   Wang, Hongfang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embodied social cognition; embodiers; perspective taking; sex differences; social skills; systemiser empathiser distinction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860339672     PISSN: 13875868     EISSN: 15427633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13875868.2011.634533     Document Type: Article

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