Three symbol ungrounding problems: Abstract concepts and the future of embodied cognition

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1109-1121

  Dove, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concepts; Embodied cognition; Grounded cognition; Semantic memory; Word meaning

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; MEMORY; SEMANTICS;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84926216227     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-015-0825-4     Document Type: Article

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