Moving arms
- 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.
| Author details: | Karsten WernerGND, Markus RaabORCiDGND, Martin H. FischerORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2018.1494630 |
| ISSN: | 1354-6783 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0708 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Thinking & Reasoning |
| Subtitle (English): | the effects of sensorimotor information on the problem-solving process |
| Publisher: | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |
| Place of publishing: | Abingdon |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2018 |
| Publication year: | 2018 |
| Release date: | 2021/03/05 |
| Tag: | Embodied cognition; eye movements; problem solving |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Number of pages: | 21 |
| First page: | 171 |
| Last Page: | 191 |
| Funding institution: | German research foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) (DFG)German Research Foundation (DFG) [FI 1915/5-1] |
| Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Bronze Open-Access |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
