“Mind the thumb”: Judging hand laterality is anchored on the thumb position

People can decide whether the image of a hand represents a left or a right one. The laterality judgment mainly implies mentally imaging own hand movement (motor simulation) if the stimulus represents a palm, or analysing visual cues, as hand asymmetry, if the stimulus reproduces a dorsum. Here, by c...

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Main Authors: Massimiliano Conson, Alessandro Di Rosa, Francesco Polito, Isa Zappullo, Chiara Baiano, Luigi Trojano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821001384