Imagine you’re at a party where each person is represented by a unique fruit, and you have to arrange them according to how similar they are. Now imagine that each fruit also has a specific color associated with it in your mind. For grapheme-color synesthetes, this is a reality in their everyday perception. In a […]
Published on August 31, 2022
Just as our body movements can affect our state of mind, the cognitive relevance of directed actions can have an impact on mathematical reasoning. In this study, researchers investigate how certain body states are connected to math concepts in order to advance theories of grounded and embodied cognition. They test different hypotheses about the relationship […]
Published on August 31, 2022
Imagine you’re a chef and you have a bunch of different recipes. Some recipes have set ingredients and steps that you always follow, while others give you some freedom to mix things up. Well, it turns out our brains work in a similar way when processing language! Previous research has shown that we process familiar […]
Published on August 31, 2022