Spatial dimensions of social thought / edited by Thomas W. Schubert, Anne Maass.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Spatial and social cognition are entwined in multiple ways. This volume explores how social, cognitive, neuropsychological and, linguistic approaches converge in explaining the surprising links between space and social thought. Theories and evidence, ranging from psychological experiments to archival web research highlight how our bodies and our language interact in creating our (imaginary) social world.

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Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: The interrelation of spatial and social cognition -- Section A. Spatial dimensions and social thought -- Spatial thought, social thought -- Flexible foundations of abstract thought: A review and a theory -- Estimates of spatial distance: A Construal Level Theory perspective -- Embodiment in affective space: Social influences on spatial perception -- More than a metaphor: How the understanding of power is grounded in experience -- Section B. Horizontal asymmetries and social thought -- Directional asymmetries in cognition: What is left to write about? -- Understanding spatial bias in face perception and memory -- Asymmetries in representational drawing: Alternatives to a laterality account -- Cultural and biological interaction in visuospatial organization -- Aesthetic asymmetries, spatial agency, and art history: A social psychological perspective -- Writing direction, agency and gender stereotyping: An embodied connection -- Who is the second (graphed) sex and why? The meaning of order in graphs of gender differences -- Index.

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