We describe the key features of the visual world paradigm and review the main research areas where it has been used. In our discussion we highlight that the paradigm provides …
Traditional approaches to human information processing tend to deal with perception and action planning in isolation, so that an adequate account of the perception-action interface is …
This 2006 book explores how people's subjective, felt experiences of their bodies in action provide part of the fundamental grounding for human cognition and language. Cognition is …
RA Zwaan - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2014 - cell.com
The debate on whether language comprehension involves the manipulation of abstract symbols or is grounded in perception and action has reached an impasse, with authors from …
The human conceptual system contains knowledge that supports all cognitive activities, including perception, memory, language and thought. According to most current theories …
L Barsalou - Language and cognitive processes, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Four theories of the human conceptual system—semantic memory, exemplar models, feed‐ forward connectionist nets, and situated simulation theory—are characterised and …
MH Fischer, RA Zwaan - Quarterly journal of experimental …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
A growing body of research suggests that comprehending verbal descriptions of actions relies on an internal simulation of the described action. To assess this motor resonance …
We investigated the coupling between a speaker's and a listener's eye movements. Some participants talked extemporaneously about a television show whose cast members they …
RA Zwaan, LJ Taylor - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2006 - psycnet.apa.org
Observing actions and understanding sentences about actions activates corresponding motor processes in the observer-comprehender. In 5 experiments, the authors addressed 2 …