Abstract spatial concept priming dynamically influences real-world actions

Experienced regularities in our perceptions and actions play important roles in grounding abstract concepts such as social status, time, and emotion. Might we similarly ground abstract spatial concepts in more experienced-based domains? The present experiment explores this possibility by implicitly...

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Main Authors: Sarah M Tower-Richardi, Tad T. Brunye, Stephanie A. Gagnon, Caroline R. Mahoney, Holly A Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00361/full