The Burden of Embodied Cognition

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-178

  Mahon, Bradford Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amodal representations; conceptual representation; embodied cognition; neuropsychology; simulation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 84945943331     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/cep0000060     Document Type: Article

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