In the past few years a new scenario for robot-based applications has emerged. Service and
mobile robots have opened new market niches. Also, new frameworks for shop-floor robot …

ABSTRACT A core assumption in the current neurosemantic research is that meanings of
concrete words (object nouns, action verbs) are at least partially grounded in modality …

In higher sensory cortices, there is a gradual transformation from sensation to perception
and action. In the auditory system, this transformation is revealed by responses in the rostral …

Object recognition and categorization are essential cognitive processes which engage
considerable neural resources in the human ventral visual stream. However, the tuning …

Word meaning has played a somewhat marginal role in early contemporary philosophy of
language, which focused more on the compositional processes whereby words combine to …

Neurophysiological and neuroimaging evidence suggests a significant contribution of
several brain areas, including subdivisions of the parietal and the premotor cortex, during …

Although we use our visual and tactile sensory systems interchangeably for object
recognition on a daily basis, little is known about the mechanism underlying this ability. This …

The primary aim of the article is to take a fresh look at the debate between amodal and
grounded (modality-specific) theories of conceptual representations by formulating what I …

Learning new categories is fundamental to cognition, occurring in daily life through various
sensory modalities. However, it is not well known how acquiring new categories can …

Vision and touch have many similarities in their processing of information, manifested in
multiple behavioral similarities in terms of categorization, recognition, and individual …