Literacy shapes thought: the case of event representation in different cultures

Literacy shapes thought: the case of event representation in different cultures

There has been a lively debate whether conceptual representations of actions or scenes follow a left-to-right spatial transient when participants depict such events or scenes. It was even suggested that conceptualizing the agent on the left side represents a universal. We review the current literatu...

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Main Authors: Christian eDobel, Stefanie eEnriquez-Geppert, Pienie eZwitserlood, Jens eBölte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Conceptual Processes
Yucatec Maya
event representation
spatial bias
cross-cultural studies
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00290/full

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