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 …

There is a longstanding and widely held misconception about the relative remoteness of
abstract concepts from concrete experiences. This review examines the current evidence for …

The capacity for abstract thought is one of the hallmarks of human cognition. However, the
mechanisms underlying the ability to form and use abstract concepts like 'fantasy'and …

The paper outlines one of the most important challenges that embodied and grounded
theories need to face, ie, that to explain how abstract concepts (abstractness) are acquired …

Recent theories propose that abstract concepts, compared to concrete ones, might activate
to a larger extent interoceptive, social and linguistic experiences. At the same time, recent …

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 …

Many words are strongly connected to the senses, such as vision, taste, and touch. In order
to facilitate research on language and the senses, large sets of linguistic stimuli and their …

Humans can learn abstract concepts that describe invariances over relational patterns in
data. One such concept, known as magnitude, allows stimuli to be compactly represented on …

Abstract Language processing is influenced by sensorimotor experiences. Here, we review
behavioral evidence for embodied and grounded influences in language processing across …

How does the human brain code knowledge about the world? While disciplines such as
artificial intelligence represent world knowledge based on human language, neurocognitive …