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 …

We see the world in scenes, where visual objects occur in rich surroundings, often
embedded in a typical context with other related objects. How does the human brain analyse …

In this landmark work on early conceptual and lexical development, Ellen Markman explores
the fascinating problem of how young children succeed at the task of inducing concepts …

Four theories of the human conceptual system—semantic memory, exemplar models, feed‐
forward connectionist nets, and situated simulation theory—are characterised and …

Classic research on conceptual hierarchies has shown that the interaction between the
human perceiver and objects in the environment specifies one level of abstraction for …

The article discusses claims that conceptual structure is in some part metaphorical, as
identified by verbal metaphors like LOVE IS A JOURNEY. Two main interpretations of this …

In recent years, scientists have increasingly taken to investigate the predictive nature of
cognition. We argue that prediction relies on abstraction, and thus theories of predictive …

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological
processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions …

Categorization models based on laboratory research focus on a narrower range of
explanatory constructs than appears necessary for explaining the structure of natural …