Grounding spatial language in perception: An empirical and computational investigation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 273-298

  Regier, Terry ^b   Carlson, Laura A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 85047683827     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.130.2.273     Document Type: Article

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