Our experience as human beings is embedded in space, is lived through our bodies moving along spatial coordinates and it is often expressed in visually aided communications where space is conventionally used to simplify the interpretation of a message. Space is therefore an overwhelming aspect of our existence and we take advantage of this spatial foundation to envisage abstract concepts whose mental representation and communication would be almost impossible otherwise. Be this conscious or not, the role spatial schemas in knowledge organization is extensive. We envisage power along the vertical dimension, we point out moral issues that are not physically observable, we wait for a long time and we have high expectations. The spatial schemas...
Dehumanization has been the target of many theoretical interpretations (see e.g., Bandura, 1999; Bar...
In the last thirty years, a research field has been growing strongly, which systematically investiga...
DOES SOUND MATTER? Studies of information encoding in short-term memory of signers and speakers. ...
A central issue in developmental cognitive science is to understand how cognition develops and chang...
Sexual objectification is perpetrated whenever someone is reduced to a thing, thus seen and treated ...
Multimodal interfaces represent a key factor for enabling an inclusive use of new technologies by ev...
Faces provide a wealth of relevant information for our social life, like identity, facial expression...
How do we represent numbers and make mathematical calculations? This question is the main focus of t...
Facial emotion processing in a longitudinal sample evaluated for Social Anxiety from childhood to ad...
Many studies support that working memory (WM Baddeley, 1986) is related to mental calculation in gen...
One way in which peripheral vision may acquire the functional role of the fovea, a part of the retin...
The death of a parent has long been considered the most traumatic event that can occur in the child’...
Integrate gender education in PhD Curriculum studies: new pedagogical approaches No authentic sci...
The present research studies fluvial processes –water and sediment flows – that define the shape of ...
Predicting the future states of moving objects that are hidden by an occluder for a brief period is ...
Dehumanization has been the target of many theoretical interpretations (see e.g., Bandura, 1999; Bar...
In the last thirty years, a research field has been growing strongly, which systematically investiga...
DOES SOUND MATTER? Studies of information encoding in short-term memory of signers and speakers. ...
A central issue in developmental cognitive science is to understand how cognition develops and chang...
Sexual objectification is perpetrated whenever someone is reduced to a thing, thus seen and treated ...
Multimodal interfaces represent a key factor for enabling an inclusive use of new technologies by ev...
Faces provide a wealth of relevant information for our social life, like identity, facial expression...
How do we represent numbers and make mathematical calculations? This question is the main focus of t...
Facial emotion processing in a longitudinal sample evaluated for Social Anxiety from childhood to ad...
Many studies support that working memory (WM Baddeley, 1986) is related to mental calculation in gen...
One way in which peripheral vision may acquire the functional role of the fovea, a part of the retin...
The death of a parent has long been considered the most traumatic event that can occur in the child’...
Integrate gender education in PhD Curriculum studies: new pedagogical approaches No authentic sci...
The present research studies fluvial processes –water and sediment flows – that define the shape of ...
Predicting the future states of moving objects that are hidden by an occluder for a brief period is ...
Dehumanization has been the target of many theoretical interpretations (see e.g., Bandura, 1999; Bar...
In the last thirty years, a research field has been growing strongly, which systematically investiga...
DOES SOUND MATTER? Studies of information encoding in short-term memory of signers and speakers. ...