Embodied cognition accounts posit that concepts are grounded in our sensory and motor
systems. An important challenge for these accounts is explaining how abstract concepts …

A great deal of research has focused on the question of whether or not concepts are
embodied as a rule. Supporters of embodiment have pointed to studies that implicate …

Embodied approaches to comprehension propose that understanding language entails
performing mental simulations of its content. The evidence, however, is mixed. Action …

In this chapter, we argue that the way we read and write exerts a pervasive, subtle, and
generally unacknowledged influence on social cognition. We propose a theoretical model …

Social factors have so far been neglected in embodied theories of perception despite the
wealth of phenomenological insights and empirical evidence indicating their importance. I …

Motion events in language describe the movement of an entity to another location along a
path. In 2 eye-tracking experiments, we found that comprehension of motion events involves …

Concepts with implicit spatial meaning (eg," hat"," boots") can bias visual attention in space.
This result is typically found in experiments with a single visual target per trial, which can …

Although relational reasoning has been described as a process at the heart of human
cognition, the exact character of relational representations remains an open debate …

This thesis proposes a synthesis of ideas from relevance theory's conceptual and
propositional approach to utterance interpretation with assumptions about the role of non …

People simulate themselves moving when they view a picture, read a sentence, or simulate
a situation that involves motion. The simulation of motion has often been studied in …