title: Constructing mental time without visual experience.
abstract: Across many cultures, people create spatial representations of time. The direction of mental timelines often follows the direction of writing in a person's language. A new study demonstrates that blind participants (who read with their hands) also show mental timelines that follow reading direction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: rhendricks@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Rose K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Lera
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boroditsky
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology
keywords: blind; culture; language; space; time; writing