Embodied cognition and linguistic comprehension

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-304

  Weiskopf, Daniel A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action; Comprehension; Embodied cognition; Language; Perception; Representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS;

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77957105951     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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