Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

Spontaneous gestures that accompany speech are related to both verbal and spatial
processes. We argue that gestures emerge from perceptual and motor simulations that …

Embodiment theory proposes that neural systems for perception and action are also
engaged during language comprehension. Previous neuroimaging and neurophysiological …

Abstract What Science Offers the Humanities examines some of the deep problems facing
the study of culture. It focuses on the excesses of postmodernism, but also acknowledges …

Much research in cognitive linguistics suggests that many abstract concepts, such as racism,
are understood, at least partly, in embodied metaphorical terms. For example …

The concept of time is elusive to direct observation, yet it pervades almost every aspect of
our daily lives. How is time represented, given that it cannot be perceived directly …

Publisher Summary It is clear that one of the 20th century's greatest educational thinkers
believed that there is a close connection between the body and education. But why should …

Many objects typically occur in particular locations, and object words encode these spatial
associations. We tested whether such object words (eg, head, foot) orient attention toward …

Abstract According to the Perceptual Symbols Theory of cognition (Barsalou, 1999), modality‐
specific simulations underlie the representation of concepts. A strong prediction of this view …

Over the last decades a divide seems to have emerged in the cognitive sciences between
embodied and symbolic approaches to language understanding. Embodied approaches …