Humans seamlessly make sense of a rapidly changing environment, using a seemingly
limitless knowledgebase to recognize and adapt to most situations we encounter. This …

In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of
cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus theories of predictive …

A central question in the cognitive sciences is which role embodiment plays for high-level
cognitive functions, such as conceptual processing. Here, we propose that one reason why …

Compared to concrete concepts, like “book,” abstract concepts expressed by words like
“justice” are more detached from sensorial experiences, even though they are also …

Abstract words are typically more difficult to identify than concrete words in lexical-decision,
word-naming, and recall tasks. This behavioral advantage, known as the concreteness …

Increasing evidence implicates the sensorimotor systems with high-level cognition, but the
extent to which these systems play a functional role remains debated. Using an elegant …

According to theories of Embodied Cognition, memory for words is related to sensorimotor
experiences collected during learning. At a neural level, words encoded with self-performed …

Sensorimotor-based theories of cognition predict that even subtle developmental motor
differences, such as those characterizing autism spectrum disorder (ASD), impact how we …

Previous findings from the sentence-picture verification task demonstrated that
comprehenders simulate visual information about intrinsic attributes of described objects. Of …

A haircut usually lasts under an hour. But how long does it take to recognize that something
is an instance of a haircut? And is this “time-to-perceive” a part of the representation of …