How Language Enables Abstraction: A Study in Computational Cultural Psychology

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-145

  Neuman, Yair ^a   Turney, Peter ^b   Cohen, Yohai ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Gilasio Coding Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Computational cultural psychology; Hypostatic abstraction; Thought and language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860451634     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-011-9165-8     Document Type: Article

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