Different reference frames on different axes: Space and language in indigenous Amazonians

<jats:p>Spatial cognition is central to human behavior, but the way people conceptualize space varies within and across groups for unknown reasons. Here, we found that adults from an indigenous Bolivian group used systematically different spatial reference frames on different axes, according t...

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Main Authors: Pitt, Benjamin, Carstensen, Alexandra, Boni, Isabelle, Piantadosi, Steven T, Gibson, Edward
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148803