TY  - GEN
A1  - Werner, Karsten
A1  - Raab, Markus
A1  - Fischer, Martin H.
T1  - Moving arms
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Embodied cognition postulates a bi-directional link between the human body and its cognitive functions. Whether this holds for higher cognitive functions such as problem solving is unknown. We predicted that arm movement manipulations performed by the participants could affect the problem-solving solutions. We tested this prediction in quantitative reasoning tasks that allowed two solutions to each problem (addition or subtraction). In two studies with healthy adults (N=53 and N=50), we found an effect of problem-congruent movements on problem solutions. Consistent with embodied cognition, sensorimotor information gained via right or left arm movements affects the solution in different types of problem-solving tasks.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 488 
KW  - embodied cognition
KW  - eye movements
KW  - problem solving
Y1  - 2018
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/42057
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-420579
UR  - urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-420579
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 488
ER  -