Embodiment and language comprehension: Reframing the discussion

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 229-234

  Zwaan, Rolf A ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Embodied cognition; Embodiment; Language; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

COMPREHENSION; EMBODIED COGNITION; EMBODIMENT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS;

BIOLOGY;

COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899481126     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.02.008     Document Type: Review

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