The paper introduces a new perspective on abstract concepts (eg “freedom”) and their
associate words representation, the Words As social Tools (WAT) view. Traditional theories …

Neurocognitive and neurolinguistics theories make explicit statements relating specialized
cognitive and linguistic processes to specific brain loci. These linking hypotheses are in …

The issue of how abstract concepts are represented is widely debated. However, evidence
is controversial, also because different criteria were used to select abstract concepts–for …

Abstract Abstract concepts (“freedom”) differ from concrete ones (“cat”), as they do not have
a bounded, identifiable, and clearly perceivable referent. The way in which abstract …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

The neuroscientific study of conceptual representation has largely focused on categories of
concrete entities (biological entities, tools…), while abstract knowledge has been less …

Previous research showed that modality-preferential sensorimotor areas are relevant for
processing concrete words used to speak about actions. However, whether modality …

Neural decoding models can be used to decode neural representations of visual, acoustic,
or semantic information. Recent studies have demonstrated neural decoders that are able to …

The grounding of concepts in the sensorimotor brain systems is controversially discussed.
Grounded cognition models propose that concepts are represented in modality-specific …

The problem of representation of abstract concepts, such as 'freedom'and 'justice', has
become particularly crucial in recent years, owing to the increased success of embodied and …