Spontaneous body movements in spatial cognition

People often perform spontaneous body movements during spatial tasks such as giving complex directions or orienting themselves on maps. How are these spontaneous gestures related to spatial problem-solving? We measured spontaneous movements during a perspective-taking task inspired by map reading. A...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sergiu eTcaci Popescu, Mark eWexler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00136/full