ArticlePloS one2013
Counting is easier while experiencing a congruent motion.
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- Is justice grounded? How expertise shapes conceptual representation of institutional concepts.Psychological research · 2022Article
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- When combined spatial polarities activated through spatio-temporal asynchrony lead to better mathematical reasoning for addition.Memory & cognition · 2018Article
- Clock Walking and Gender: How Circular Movements Influence Arithmetic Calculations.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
- A test of the symbol interdependency hypothesis with both concrete and abstract stimuli.PloS one · 2018Article
- Effect of combined motor and spatial cues on mathematical reasoning: a polarity correspondence account.Psychological research · 2017Article
- Impact of optokinetic stimulation on mental arithmetic.Psychological research · 2017Article
- Dissociated Spatial-Arithmetic Associations in Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Interference of lateralized distractors on arithmetic problem solving: a functional role for attention shifts in mental calculation.Psychological research · 2016Article
- Counting is a spatial process: evidence from eye movements.Psychological research · 2016Article
- Dynamic mental number line in simple arithmetic.Psychological research · 2016Article
- Spatial biases during mental arithmetic: evidence from eye movements on a blank screen.Frontiers in psychology · 2015Article
- Vestibular pathways involved in cognition.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2014Review
- Walking boosts your performance in making additions and subtractions.Frontiers in psychology · 2014Article
- Old cortex, new contexts: re-purposing spatial perception for social cognition.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2013Article
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Abstract
Several studies suggest that numerical and spatial representations are intrinsically linked. Recent findings demonstrate that also motor actions interact with number magnitude processing, showing a motor-to-semantic effect. The current study assesses whether calculation processes can be modulated by motions performed with the whole body. Participants were required to make additions or subtractions while performing (on-line condition) or after having experienced (off-line condition) an ascending or descending motion through a passive (i.e., taking the elevator) or an active (i.e., taking the stairs) mode. Results show a congruency effect between the type of calculation and the direction of the motion depending on: a) the off-line or on-line condition, b) the passive or active mode and c) the real or imagined task. Implications of the results for an embodied and grounded perspective view will be discussed.
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