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Kessler, Klaus; Thomson, Lindsey Anne – Cognition, 2010
Humans are able to mentally adopt the spatial perspective of others and understand the world from their point of view. We propose that spatial perspective taking (SPT) could have developed from the physical alignment of perspectives. This would support the notion that others have put forward claiming that SPT is an embodied cognitive process. We…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Perspective Taking, Spatial Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Lozano, Sandra C.; Hard, Bridgette Martin; Tversky, Barbara – Cognition, 2007
Embodied approaches to cognition propose that our own actions influence our understanding of the world. Do other people's actions also have this influence? The present studies show that perceiving another person's actions changes the way people think about objects in a scene. In Study 1, participants viewed a photograph and answered a question…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Interpersonal Communication, Spatial Ability