High-level context effects on spatial displacement: The effects of body orientation and language on memory

Three decades of research suggests that cognitive simulation of motion is involved in the comprehension of object location, bodily configuration, and linguistic meaning. For example, the remembered location of an object associated with actual or implied motion is typically displaced in the direction...

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Main Authors: David W Vinson, Drew Hamilton Abney, Rick eDale, Teenie eMatlock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00637/full