Lakoff, who calls Loetscher's experiment a "particularly beautiful example" of embodied cognition, says it is to do with how our ability to think develops during childhood.
This research is consistent with recent theories on embodied cognition as well as general research on the connection between mind and body.
Still, Rozin said, the findings add to a growing field of research on a phenomenon called embodied cognition, which has been revealing blurred boundaries between thinking and doing.
