From demonstration to theory in embodied language comprehension: A review

Cognitive Systems Research

Volumn 29-30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-85

  Horchak, Oleksandr V ^a   Giger, Jean Christophe ^a   Cabral, Maria ^a   Pochwatko, Grzegorz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; Concrete concepts; Embodied cognition; Embodied theories; Language comprehension

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; CONCRETES;

ABSTRACT CONCEPT; CONCRETE CONCEPTS; EMBODIED COGNITION; EMBODIED THEORIES; LANGUAGE COMPREHENSIONS;

RESEARCH;

AUDITORY SYSTEM; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897113182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13890417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsys.2013.09.002     Document Type: Review

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