Moving your eyes to solution: Effects of movements on the perception of a problem-solving task

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1571-1578

  Werner, K ^a   Raab, M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arithmetic problem solving; Embodied cognition; Movement; Spatial bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904578283     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.889723     Document Type: Article

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