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

At first glance, conceptual representations (eg, our internal notion of the object “lemon”)
seem static; we have the impression that there is something that the concept lemon …

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 …

Conceptual knowledge plays a pivotal role in human cognition. Grounded cognition theories
propose that concepts consist of perceptual-motor features represented in modality-specific …

Metaphors are fundamental to creative thought and expression. Newly coined metaphors
regularly infiltrate our collective vocabulary and gradually become familiar, but it is unclear …

Many recent neuroimaging studies have investigated the representation of semantic
memory for actions in the brain. We used activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta …

The cognitive and neural representation of abstract words is still an open question for
theories of embodied cognition. Generally, it is proposed that abstract words are grounded …

Memory is the capacity to store, maintain, and retrieve events or information from the mind.
Difficulties in verbal episodic memory commonly occur in healthy aging. In this paper, we …

Cognitive neuroscience research on conceptual knowledge often is discussed with respect
to “embodiment” or “grounding.” We tried to disentangle at least three distinct claims made …

Semantic memory refers to general knowledge about the world, including concepts, facts,
and beliefs (eg, that a lemon is normally yellow and sour or that Paris is in France). How is …