Constructing mental time without visual experience.
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Across many cultures, people create spatial representations of time. The direction of mental timelines often follows the direction of writing in a person's language. A new study demonstrates that blind participants (who read with their hands) also show mental timelines that follow reading direction.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Trends in cognitive sciences
دوره 19 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015