Words have a weight: language as a source of inner grounding and flexibility in abstract concepts.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00426-020-01438-6
Abstract: The role played by language in our cognitive lives is a topic at the centre of contemporary debates in cognitive (neuro)science. In this paper we illustrate and compare two theories that offer embodied explanations of… read more here.
Keywords: inner grounding; language; abstract concepts; source inner ... See more keywords
Embodiment and learning of abstract concepts (such as algebraic topology and regression to the mean).
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DOI: 10.1007/s00426-021-01576-5
Abstract: This video is a proof of concept that ideas from embodied cognition can be used to understand how the brain and cognitive systems deal with very abstract concepts. The video teaches regression to the mean… read more here.
Keywords: embodiment learning; topology; regression mean; abstract concepts ... See more keywords
Differential temporo-spatial pattern of electrical brain activity during the processing of abstract concepts related to mental states and verbal associations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119036
Abstract: Refined grounded cognition accounts propose that abstract concepts might be grounded in brain circuits involved in mentalizing. In the present event-related potential (ERP) study, we compared the time course of neural processing in response to… read more here.
Keywords: brain activity; mental states; processing; abstract concepts ... See more keywords
Rethinking the abstract/concrete concepts dichotomy: Comment on "Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts" by Anna M. Borghi et al.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2019.04.007
Abstract: concepts. Phys Life Rev 2019;29:120–53. https://doi .org /10 .1016 /j .plrev.2018 .12 .001 [in this issue]. [2] Borghi A, Binkofski F, Castelfranchi C, Cimatti F, Scorolli C, Tummolini L. The challenge of abstract concepts. Psychol… read more here.
Keywords: abstract concepts; physics; sign; sign language ... See more keywords
Language as a source of abstract concepts: Comment on "Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts" by Anna M. Borghi et al.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2019.05.001
Abstract: Borghi et al.’s ambitious contribution [1] covers a lot of ground: they delineate types of abstract concepts, review theories of word learning, relate abstractness to modality effects in learning and recognition, and most importantly, advance… read more here.
Keywords: words social; source abstract; language; language source ... See more keywords
The challenge of abstract concepts.
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DOI: 10.1037/bul0000089
Abstract: concepts ("freedom") differ from concrete ones ("cat"), as they do not have a bounded, identifiable, and clearly perceivable referent. The way in which abstract concepts are represented has recently become a topic of intense debate,… read more here.
Keywords: abstract concepts; cognition; challenge abstract;
The role of emotional valence in learning novel abstract concepts.
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0001091
Abstract: A recent study by Ponari, Norbury, and Vigliocco (2018), showed that emotional valence (i.e. whether a word evokes positive, negative, or no affect) predicts age-of-acquisition ratings and that up to the age of 8-9, children… read more here.
Keywords: age; valence; emotional valence; abstract words ... See more keywords
Neural representation of visual concepts in people born blind
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07574-3
Abstract: How do we represent information without sensory features? How are abstract concepts like “freedom”, devoid of external perceptible referents, represented in the brain? Here, to address the role of sensory information in the neural representation of… read more here.
Keywords: neural representation; abstract concepts; people born; concrete concepts ... See more keywords
Situational systematicity: A role for schema in understanding the differences between abstract and concrete concepts
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DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2019.1710124
Abstract: ABSTRACT Abstract concepts differ from concrete concepts in several ways. Here, we focus on what we refer to as situational systematicity: The objects and relations that constitute an abstract concept (e.g., justice) are more dispersed… read more here.
Keywords: concept; concrete concepts; schema; situational systematicity ... See more keywords
Neural Representations of Abstract Concepts: Identifying Underlying Neurosemantic Dimensions.
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DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz229
Abstract: The abstractness of concepts is sometimes defined indirectly as lacking concreteness, this view provides little insight into their cognitive or neural basis. Multivariate pattern analytic techniques applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging data were used… read more here.
Keywords: concepts identifying; representations abstract; underlying neurosemantic; identifying underlying ... See more keywords
Moving beyond the distinction between concrete and abstract concepts
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0144
Abstract: 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 action (including communication and social interaction). To the extent that important… read more here.
Keywords: distinction concrete; situational elements; beyond distinction; moving beyond ... See more keywords