Large language models are enabling rapid progress in robotic verbal communication, but
nonverbal communication is not keeping pace. Physical humanoid robots struggle to …

The core of the paper is a critique of the role of pantomime in the author's theory (the Mirror
System Hypothesis, MSH, itself evolving) of the biocultural evolution that led to human …

Adopting the conceptual-empirical loop of cognitive semiotics, we define narrative as a three-
part structure consisting of Narration, Story and Eventsequence and primary narrativity as …

This study examined proprioceptive acuity and its relationship with motor function in
Mandarin-speaking children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD) …

It has been suggested that actions can provide a fruitful conceptual context for sound
symbolism phenomena, and that tight interaction between manual and articulatory …

Natural human communication is multimodal. We pair speech with gestures, and combine
writing with pictures from online messaging to comics to advertising. This richness of human …

In this paper, we propose the expression cognitive twists for cognitive mechanisms that
result from the coevolution of genes and learning. Evidence is available that at least some …

Sign languages–conventional languages of deaf communities–have been considered to
provide a window to answer some questions regarding language emergence and evolution …

Embodied perspectives on concepts (Barsalou, 1999) emphasize that cognition is shaped
by both the physical properties of the world (ie,“grounded”) and the physical constraintsw of …

La scoperta dei neuroni specchio rappresenta un punto di svolta nelle neuroscienze. Questi
neuroni, inizialmente identificati nella corteccia premotoria ventrale della scimmia, si …