The paper introduces a new perspective on abstract concepts (eg “freedom”) and their
associate words representation, the Words As social Tools (WAT) view. Traditional theories …

Abstract Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have
a bounded, identifiable, and clearly perceivable referent. The way in which abstract …

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 …

Our thoughts depend on knowledge about objects, people, properties, and events. To think
about where we left our keys, what we are going to make for dinner, when we last fed the …

The cognitive and neural representation of abstract words is still an open question for
theories of embodied cognition. Generally, it is proposed that abstract words are grounded …

Cognitive science has a longstanding interest in the ways that people acquire and use
abstract vs. concrete words (eg, truth vs. piano). One dominant theory holds that abstract and …

According to embodied theories (including embodied, embedded, extended, enacted,
situated, and grounded approaches to cognition), language representation is intrinsically …

L'Embodied Cognition rappresenta la più grande novità nella psicologia cognitiva degli
ultimi vent'anni. Alla base di questo programma vi è l'idea che i processi cognitivi …

The role played by language in our cognitive lives is a topic at the centre of contemporary
debates in cognitive (neuro) science. In this paper we illustrate and compare two theories …

This study harnessed control ratings of the contribution of different types of information
(sensation, action, emotion, thought, social interaction, morality, time, space, quantity, and …