Self, others, objects: How this triadic interaction modulates our behavior

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1373-1386

  Lugli, Luisa ^a   Baroni, Giulia ^a   Gianelli, Claudia ^a   Borghi, Anna M ^a,b   Nicoletti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embodied language; Language comprehension; Simulation; Social cognition; Stimuli valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84870568629     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: 15325946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-012-0218-0     Document Type: Article

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