The body in space: Dimensions of embodiment

Body, Language and Mind: Embodiment

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 339-378

  Rohrer, Tim ^a  

^a Colorado Advanced Research Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Linguistics; Cognitive neuroscience; Embodiment; Frames of reference; Mental rotation; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904005514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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