Space-Time Interdependence and Sensory Modalities: Time Affects Space in the Hand But Not in the Eye

Building Bridges Across Cognitive Sciences Around the World - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 168-173

  Cai, Zhenguang G ^a   Connell, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

haptic perception; metaphor; representation; sensory dominance; space; Time; visual perception

Indexed keywords

HAPTIC PERCEPTION; METAPHOR; REPRESENTATION; SENSORY DOMINANCE; SENSORY MODALITY; SPACE; SPACETIME; TIME; TWO DOMAINS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

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