Language understanding is grounded in experiential simulations: A response to Weiskopf

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-308

  Gibbs, Raymond W ^a   Perlman, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Embodied cognition; Embodied simulation; Language; Linguistic meaning

Indexed keywords

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

COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77957143544     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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