Despite all methodological efforts made in the last three decades, Western instruction
grounds on traditional principles. Most educational programs follow theories that are …

This review paper summarizes the various brain modules that are involved in speech and
language communication in addition to a left-dominant “core” language network that, for the …

The neural mechanisms subserving the processing of abstract concepts remain largely
debated. Even within the embodiment theoretical framework, most authors suggest that …

Spoken language is an innate ability of the human being and represents the most
widespread mode of social communication. The ability to share concepts, intentions and …

Concrete symbols (eg, sun, run) can be learned in the context of objects and actions,
thereby grounding their meaning in the world. However, it is controversial whether a …

The concreteness effect refers to the advantage in speed and accuracy of processing
concrete words over abstract words. Previous studies have shown that the processing of the …

This article reviews the embodied theoretical basis for the meaningful learning of abstract
vocabulary and reviews selected educational programs that are theoretically based and …

Embodied cognition theories predict a functional involvement of sensorimotor processes in
language understanding. In a preregistered experiment, we tested this idea by investigating …

In this article, we contextualize and discuss an on-line contribution to this special issue in
which a video-recorded lecture demonstrates the teaching of an abstract mathematical …

Concept analysis is an established genre of inquiry in nursing, introduced in the 1970s.
Currently, over 100 concept studies are published annually, yet the methods used within this …