Language statistics explain the spatial-numerical association of response codes

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 470-478

  Hutchinson, Sterling ^a,b   Louwerse, Max M ^a,b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embodied cognition; Language statistics; Number processing; Numerical cognition; Perceptual simulation; SNARC; Symbol interdependency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897421289     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0492-2     Document Type: Article

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