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 …

We discuss how cybernetic principles of feedback control, used to explain sensorimotor
behavior, can be extended to provide a foundation for understanding cognition. In particular …

This article explores relevant applications of educational theory for the design of immersive
virtual reality (VR). Two unique attributes associated with VR position the technology to …

Psychology has made, and continues to make, a significant contribution to the discipline
area of education. Since one of the main aims of education concerns student learning …

How do learners make sense of what they are learning? In this article, I present a new
framework of sense-making based on research investigating the benefits and boundaries of …

Research on learning and education is increasingly influenced by theories of embodied
cognition. Several embodiment-based interventions have been empirically investigated …

Abstract The Gesture as Simulated Action (GSA) framework was proposed to explain how
gestures arise from embodied simulations of the motor and perceptual states that occur …

One goal of researchers in neuroscience, psychology, and artificial intelligence is to build
theoretical models that are able to explain the flexibility and adaptiveness of biological …

Cognitive load theory (CLT) applies what is known about human cognitive architecture to the
study of learning and instruction, to generate insights into the characteristics and conditions …

The debate on whether language comprehension involves the manipulation of abstract
symbols or is grounded in perception and action has reached an impasse, with authors from …