Adult semantic memory has been traditionally conceptualized as a relatively static memory
system that consists of knowledge about the world, concepts, and symbols. Considerable …

According to the grounded perspective, cognition emerges from the interaction of classic
cognitive processes with the modalities, the body, and the environment. Rather than being …

'How Emotions Are Made did what all great books do. It took a subject I thought I understood
and turned my understanding upside down'-Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point …

Neurocognitive and neurolinguistics theories make explicit statements relating specialized
cognitive and linguistic processes to specific brain loci. These linking hypotheses are in …

At first glance, conceptual representations (eg, our internal notion of the object “lemon”)
seem static; we have the impression that there is something that the concept lemon …

This article sets out to examine the role of symbolic and sensorimotor representations in
discourse comprehension. It starts out with a review of the literature on situation models …

The 15 articles in this special issue on The Representation of Concepts illustrate the rich
variety of theoretical positions and supporting research that characterize the area. Although …

Recent research indicates that sensory and motor cortical areas play a significant role in the
neural representation of concepts. However, little is known about the overall architecture of …

From the perspective of the situated conceptualization framework, the primary purpose of
concepts is for categorizing and integrating elements of situations to support goal-directed …

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 …