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 …

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

We explore the role of inner speech (covert self-directed talk) during the acquisition and use
of concepts differing in abstractness. Following Vygotsky, inner speech results from the …

The role played by language in our cognitive lives is a topic at the centre of contemporary
debates in cognitive (neuro) science. In this paper we illustrate and compare two theories …

Perturbations to the speech articulators induced by frequently using an interfering object
during infancy (ie, pacifier) might shape children's language experience and the building of …

There is a longstanding and widely held misconception about the relative remoteness of
abstract concepts from concrete experiences. This review examines the current evidence for …

Evidence from both behavioral and neuropsychological studies suggest that different types
of organizational principles govern semantic representations of abstract and concrete words …

Chronic insomnia disorder and major depressive disorder are highly-occurred mental
diseases with extensive social harm. The comorbidity of these two diseases is commonly …

Several clinical studies have reported a double dissociation between abstract and concrete
concepts, suggesting that they are processed by at least partly different networks in the …

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