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100			_aPecher, D. _eEditor _lEnglish _92110
245		0	_aGrounding Cognition _c/ edited by D. Pecher and R. Zwaan. _h[Electronic Resource]
260			_aCambridge _b: Cambridge University Press, _c2005
300			_aviii, 326p.
520			_aOne of the key questions in cognitive psychology is how people represent knowledge about concepts such as football or love. Some researchers have proposed that concepts are represented in human memory by the sensorimotor systems that underlie interaction with the outside world. These theories represent developments in cognitive science to view cognition no longer in terms of abstract information processing, but in terms of perception and action. In other words, cognition is grounded in embodied experiences. Studies show that sensory perception and motor actions support understanding of words and object concepts. Moreover, even understanding of abstract and emotion concepts can be shown to rely on more concrete, embodied experiences. Finally, language itself can be shown to be grounded in sensorimotor processes. This book brings together theoretical arguments and empirical evidence from several key researchers in this field to support this framework.
650			_aCognition _915827
650			_aNeurosciences _92112
650			_aPsychology _91082
700			_aZwaan, R. _i[Editor] _92113
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499968 _qPDF _yClick to Access the Online Book
942			_cEBK _nYes
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