Embodied cognition (EC) underlines that cognition is constrained by the kind of body we
possess, and stresses the importance of action for cognition. In this perspective the body is …

The new concept of embodied cognition theories has been enthusiastically studied by the
cognitive sciences, by as well as such disparate disciplines as philosophy, anthropology …

The Simulation Framework, also known as the Embodied Cognition Framework, maintains
that conceptual knowledge is grounded in sensorimotor systems. To test several predictions …

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 …

This essay proposes and defends a pluralistic theory of conceptual embodiment. Our
concepts are represented in at least two ways:(i) through sensorimotor simulations of our …

Sensorimotor areas activate to action-and object-related words, but their role in abstract
meaning processing is still debated. Abstract emotion words denoting body internal states …

The problem of how word meaning is processed in the brain has been a topic of intense
investigation in cognitive neuroscience. While considerable correlational evidence exists for …

The sensory–motor account of conceptual processing suggests that modality-specific
attributes play a central role in the organization of object and action knowledge in the brain …

Foot-operated computer interfaces have been studied since the inception of human--
computer interaction. Thanks to the miniaturisation and decreasing cost of sensing …

To address the hotly debated question of motor system involvement in language
comprehension, we recorded neuromagnetic responses elicited in the human brain by …