Prototypical actions with objects are more easily imagined than atypical actions

Tool use is an important facet of everyday life, though sometimes it is necessary to use tools in ways that do not fit within their typical functions. Here we asked participants to imagine characters using objects based on instructions that fit the prototypical actions for the object or were atypica...

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Main Authors: Madan, Christopher R., Ng, Adrian, Singhal, Anthony
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49063/