AUTHOR=Anelli Filomena , Lugli Luisa , Baroni Giulia , Borghi Anna M. , Nicoletti Roberto 

TITLE=Walking boosts your performance in making additions and subtractions

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01459

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01459

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Previous research demonstrates that the processing of spatial information and numerical magnitude are strictly interwoven. Recent studies also provide converging evidence that number processing is influenced by body movements. In the present study we further investigate this issue by focusing on whether and how motions experienced with the whole body can influence arithmetical calculations. We asked participants to make additions or subtractions while experiencing leftward and rightward motions. Data revealed the emergence of a congruency effect between the orientation inferred by the type of arithmetical calculations and the type of motions experienced along an horizontal axis.</p>