Neurological evidence linguistic processes precede perceptual simulation in conceptual processing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Louwerse, Max ^a   Hutchinson, Sterling ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Embodied cognition; Language processing; Perceptual simulation; Symbol interdependency; Symbolic cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870911257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00385     Document Type: Article

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