Converging neuroscientific evidence suggests the existence of close links between
language and sensorimotor cognition. Accordingly, during the comprehension of meaningful …

Cognitive scientists classically view cognition as a modular system, separate from other
modular systems for perception, action, and internal states. From this perspective, cognitive …

According to an embodied view of language comprehension, language concepts are
grounded in our perceptual systems. Evidence for the idea that concepts are grounded in …

In this work we explore whether the patterns of brain activity associated with thinking about
concrete objects are dependent on stimulus presentation format, whether an object is …

Recent research indicates that language processing relies on brain areas dedicated to
perception and action. For example, processing words denoting manipulable objects has …

Gender has been the focus of linguistic and psychological studies, but little is known about
its conceptual representation. We investigate whether the conceptual structure of gender–as …

Signs and symbols relate to concepts and can be used to speak about objects, actions, and
their features. Theories of semantic grounding address the question how the latter two …

Semantic memory refers to general knowledge about the world, including concepts, facts,
and beliefs (eg, that a lemon is normally yellow and sour or that Paris is in France). How is …

Accounting for how the human mind represents the internal and external world is a crucial
feature of many theories of human cognition. Central to this question is the distinction …

Studies of conceptual processing have revealed that the prefrontal cortex is implicated in
close‐ended, deliberate memory retrieval, especially the left ventrolateral prefrontal regions …