My research examines how humans are able to go beyond concrete concepts
that we directly perceive in the here and now in order to be able to entertain thoughts about things
we never directly see, touch, or interact with such as time, power, and mathematics.
In particular, my dissertation research focuses on the various ways that
humans use space to structure how we think and reason about time using a range of tools
including linguistic and gestural analysis, as well as a variety of other behavioral methods.
Recent Publications
- Walker, E.J., Bergen, B.K. & Núñez, R. (2017). The spatial alignment of time: Differences in alignment
of deictic and sequence time along the sagittal and lateral axes. Acta Psychologica, 175,
13-20.
- Walker, E.J., & Núñez, R. (2016). Speaking, gesturing, reasoning: Methods and issues
in the study of spatial construals of time.
In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (Ed.), Conceptualizations of Time.
Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
- Walker, E. & Cooperrider, K. (2015). The continuity of metaphor:
Evidence from temporal gestures. Cognitive Science.
doi: 10.1111/cogs.12254
- Walker, E.J., Bergen, B.K., & Núñez, R. (2014). Disentangling spatial metaphors for time using non-spatial
responses and auditory stimuli. Metaphor & Symbol, 29, 316-327.