Abstract domains of knowledge may have social origins. However, whether abstract
concepts (ACs) may also differentially affect communicative interaction and conversation …

Abstract Language processing is influenced by sensorimotor experiences. Here, we review
behavioral evidence for embodied and grounded influences in language processing across …

Abstraction processes involve two variables that are often confused with one another:
concreteness (banana versus belief) and specificity (chair versus furniture or Buddhism …

Embodied cognition theories predict a functional involvement of sensorimotor processes in
language understanding. In a preregistered experiment, we tested this idea by investigating …

Tulving (1972) characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that provides
a substrate for language and many other cognitive processes. Tulving's perspective resulted …

When humans speak or animals vocalize, they can produce sounds that are further
combined into larger sequences. The flexibility of sound combinations into larger meaningful …

The field of grounded cognition is concerned with how concepts gain meaning by being
represented in experiences. A large body of empirical work supports this core tenet, but the …

The relationship between language and cognition has been widely explored in cognitive
linguistics. However, abstract concepts are challenging due to their lack of referents …

This thesis explores metaphor, iconicity, and multimodal numerical communication, and their
connection to the cognitive processes that are involved in language comprehension and …

Conclusion: To accommodate this diversity, the GCM must assume that modal brain systems
for perception and action are significantly shaped by the idiosyncratic semantic details of …