Embodied action enhances conservation reasoning: age and task effects in early childhood
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DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2025.2530043
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of embodied action on children’s conservation reasoning by comparing performance on four classic Piagetian conservation tasks – length, mass, liquid, and quantity – under embodied and non-embodied conditions across… read more here.
Keywords: age; early childhood; conservation; embodied action ... See more keywords
The roles of motion, gesture, and embodied action in the processing of mathematical concepts
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.969341
Abstract: This article discusses perspective and frame of reference in the metaphorical description of mathematical concepts in terms of motions, gestures, and embodied actions. When a mathematical concept is described metaphorically in terms of gestures, embodied… read more here.
Keywords: embodied action; gesture embodied; mathematical concepts; motion gesture ... See more keywords