Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us?
The behavioural evidence of sensorimotor activity during conceptual processing, along with that from neurological research, ignited the debate around the extent to which concept representations are embodied or amodal. Such evidence continues to fuel the debate but it is open to interpretation as bei...
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| author | Shipp Nicholas J. Vallée-Tourangeau Frédéric Anthony Susan H. |
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| description | The behavioural evidence of sensorimotor activity during conceptual processing, along with that from neurological research, ignited the debate around the extent to which concept representations are embodied or amodal. Such evidence continues to fuel the debate but it is open to interpretation as being consistent with a variety of the theoretical positions and so it is possible that further, similar evidence may not lead to its resolution. In this paper we propose that independent value accrues from following this line of research through the enhanced understanding of the factors that influence agents’ conceptual processing of action and how this interacts with the agent’s goals in real environments. This approach is in line with broad principles of embodied cognition and is worthy of pursuit regardless of what the results may (or may not) tell us about conceptual representation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b89c2c2ba2a4f28b31f6c5836e5569c2022-12-21T18:52:56ZengSciendoPsychology of Language and Communication2083-85062018-01-0122126028010.2478/plc-2018-0011plc-2018-0011Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us?Shipp Nicholas J.0Vallée-Tourangeau Frédéric1Anthony Susan H.2University of Hertfordshire,Hatfield, United KingdomKingston University,London, United KingdomUniversity of Hertfordshire,Hatfield, United KingdomThe behavioural evidence of sensorimotor activity during conceptual processing, along with that from neurological research, ignited the debate around the extent to which concept representations are embodied or amodal. Such evidence continues to fuel the debate but it is open to interpretation as being consistent with a variety of the theoretical positions and so it is possible that further, similar evidence may not lead to its resolution. In this paper we propose that independent value accrues from following this line of research through the enhanced understanding of the factors that influence agents’ conceptual processing of action and how this interacts with the agent’s goals in real environments. This approach is in line with broad principles of embodied cognition and is worthy of pursuit regardless of what the results may (or may not) tell us about conceptual representation.https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0011embodied conceptscategorisationlanguage comprehensionactiongoals |
| spellingShingle | Shipp Nicholas J. Vallée-Tourangeau Frédéric Anthony Susan H. Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? Psychology of Language and Communication embodied concepts categorisation language comprehension action goals |
| title | Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? |
| title_full | Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? |
| title_fullStr | Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? |
| title_short | Concepts and action: where does the embodiment debate leave us? |
| title_sort | concepts and action where does the embodiment debate leave us |
| topic | embodied concepts categorisation language comprehension action goals |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0011 |
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