Do not turn your head when estimating the distance: influence of head rotation on distance judgement

According to the mental number line (MNL) concept, people mentally represent numbers along a line with smaller values on the left and greater on the right. Embodied cognition theory assumes that MNL is activated by postural bias and in turn affects cognitive processes; for example, research shows that quantitative estimates are smaller when participants’ bodies are leaning to the left than to the right. In this study, we tested whether distance...