On the dynamics of action representations evoked by names of manipulable objects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 502-517

  Bub, Daniel N ^a   Masson, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action priming; Action representations; Conflict processing; Motor resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; VISION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872160816     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026748     Document Type: Article

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