Varieties of abstract concepts and their grounding in perception or action

For a very long time, theorizing in the cognitive sciences was dominated by the assumption that abstract concepts, which lack a perceivable referent, can only be handled by amodal or verbal linguistic representations. In the last years, however, refined grounded cognition theories emphasizing the im...

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Main Authors: Kiefer Markus, Harpaintner Marcel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-07-01
Series:Open Psychology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/psych-2020-0104