Grounding Cognition in Perception and Action - A Special Issue of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Zusammenfassung The contributions in this volume come from a panel of international experts, who provide an up-to-date overview of "embodied cognition". Most contributions focus on the link between action and language, others examine related topics, such as the interface between perception and action and that between imagery and action, with a focus on the link between language and visual perception. Inhaltsverzeichnis M.H. Fischer, R.A. Zwaan, Embodied Language: A Review of the Role of the Motor System in Language Comprehension. B. Bridgeman, M. Hoover, Processing Spatial Layout by Perception and Sensorimotor Interaction. M.H. Fischer, J. Prinz, K. Lotz , Grasp Cueing Shows Obligatory Attention to Action Goals. M.E.J. Masson, D.N. Bub, M. Newton-Taylor , Language-based Access to Gestural Components of Conceptual Knowledge. M.P. Kaschak, K.L. Borreggine, Temporal Dynamics of the Action-sentence Compatability Effect. L.J. Taylor, R.A. Zwaan , Motor Resonance and Linguistic Focus. A.M. Glenburg, M. Sato, L. Cattaneo, L. Riggio, D. Palumbo, G. Buccino , Processing Abstract Language Modulates Motor System Activity. S.L. Beilock, S. Gonso , Putting in the Mind vs. Putting on the Green: Expertise, Performance Time, and the Linking of Imagery and Action. T.A. Nazir, V. Boulenger, A. Roy, B. Silber, M. Jeannerod, Y. Paulignan , Language-induced Motor Perturbations During the Execution of a Reaching Movement. M. Gentilucci , Spoken Language and Arm Gestures are Controlled by the Same Motor Control System.

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• Authors: Martin Fischer, Martin H. Fischer, Martin H. Zwaan Fischer, Fischer Martin, Martin H. Fischer
• Assisted by: Martin Fischer (Editor), Martin H. Fischer (Editor), Martinfischer (Editor), Rolf A. Zwaan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2008
• EAN: 9781841698434
• ISBN: 978-1-84169-843-4
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Special Issues of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology; Special Issues of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology