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 …

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 …

Building autonomous machines that can explore open-ended environments, discover
possible interactions and build repertoires of skills is a general objective of artificial …

This position paper proposes that the study of embodied cognitive agents, such as
humanoid robots, can advance our understanding of the cognitive development of complex …

Large Language Models (LLMs) are capable of displaying a wide range of abilities that are
not directly connected with the task for which they are trained: predicting the next words of …

Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the idea that natural language enhances
and extends our cognitive capabilities. Supporters of embodied cognition have been …

Developmental psychologists have long-established the importance of socio-cognitive
abilities in human intelligence. These abilities enable us to enter, participate and benefit …

This paper proposes an extension of existing embodied views of cognition in order to
account for the linguistic experience and its complexity. We claim that embodied views …

Four experiments (E1–E2–E3–E4) investigated whether different acquisition modalities lead
to the emergence of differences typically found between concrete and abstract words, as …

Building autonomous agents able to grow open-ended repertoires of skills across their lives
is a fundamental goal of artificial intelligence (AI). A promising developmental approach …