The World Within Reach: Effects of Hand Posture and Tool Use on Visual Cognition

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-44

  Brockmole, James R ^a   Davoli, Christopher C ^a   Abrams, Richard A ^b   Witt, Jessica K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; embodied cognition; hand posture; memory; perception; tool use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872786651     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412465065     Document Type: Review

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