A great deal of research has focused on the question of whether or not concepts are
embodied as a rule. Supporters of embodiment have pointed to studies that implicate …

ABSTRACT A core assumption in the current neurosemantic research is that meanings of
concrete words (object nouns, action verbs) are at least partially grounded in modality …

A proposal for a fully post-phrenological neuroscience that details the evolutionary roots of
functional diversity in brain regions and networks. The computer analogy of the mind has …

An emerging class of theories concerning the functional structure of the brain takes the
reuse of neural circuitry for various cognitive purposes to be a central organizational …

This essay proposes and defends a pluralistic theory of conceptual embodiment. Our
concepts are represented in at least two ways:(i) through sensorimotor simulations of our …

Many current programs for cognitive science sail under the banner of “embodied cognition.”
These programs typically seek to distance themselves from standard cognitive science. The …

Traditionally, theories of concepts in psychology assume that concepts are a single, uniform
kind of mental representation. But no single kind of representation can explain all of the …

Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the idea that natural language enhances
and extends our cognitive capabilities. Supporters of embodied cognition have been …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

The search for the'furniture of the mind'has acquired added impetus with the rise of new
technologies to study the brain and identify its main structures and processes. Philosophers …