Toward a Deeper Understanding of Embodiment

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-164

  Masson, Michael E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

action representations; embodied cognition; language understanding; object identification

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HAND; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HAND; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; THINKING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84945898633     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cep0000055     Document Type: Article

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