Demonstrating embodied cognition (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Demonstrating embodied cognition

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When asked about which word represented the larger object, participants answered faster when their hands were free (left) than when hands were restrained (right). Restraining hands also lowered brain activity when processing words for hand manipulable objects in left brain areas associated with tools.

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Makioka, Osaka Metropolitan University

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