Embodiment research is at a turning point. There is an increasing amount of data and
studies investigating embodiment phenomena and their role in mental processing and …

It is well established that sensory experience is influential in children's early concepts.
Opinions diverge, however, on the role of sensorimotor experience in conceptual …

Ratings of body–object interaction (BOI) measure the ease with which the human body can
interact with a word's referent. Researchers have studied the effects of BOI in order to …

This study aims to design an authoring system of robots and IoT-based toys for creating a
scenario-based interactive learning environment for young English as a Foreign Language …

The present paper addresses two under-studied dimensions of novel word learning. We ask
(a) whether originally meaningless novel words can acquire emotional connotations from …

Theories of embodied cognition postulate that perceptual, sensorimotor, and affective
properties of concepts support language learning and processing. In this paper, we argue …

The bodily experiences and implications of understanding the functioning of the human
brain–body mechanism has been a center of attention in the field of cognitive neurosciences …

The role of the sensorimotor system in second language (L2) semantic processing as well
as its clinical implications for bilingual patients has hitherto been neglected. We offer an …

Research suggests that fine motor skills (FMS) are linked to aspects of cognitive
development in children. Additionally, lexical processing advantages exist for words …

Previous work has indicated that children's fine motor skills (FMS) contribute to cognitive
performance in a number of domains. A philosophically and scientifically central aspect of …