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Dirty deeds and dirty bodies: Embodiment of the Macbeth effect is mapped topographically onto the somatosensory cortex

The theory of embodied cognition claims that knowledge is represented in modal systems derived from perception. Recent behavioral studies found evidence for this hypothesis, for example, by linking moral purity with physical cleansing (the Macbeth effect). Neurophysiological approaches provided furt...

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Autores principales: Schaefer, Michael, Rotte, Michael, Heinze, Hans-Jochen, Denke, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4685311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26686599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep18051