Alterations in olfactory functions are proposed to be early biomarkers for neurodegeneration.
Many neurodegenerative diseases are age-related, including two of the most common …

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 human sense of smell can accomplish astonishing feats, yet there remains a prevailing
belief that olfactory language is deficient. Numerous studies with English speakers support …

The world is undergoing massive atmospheric and ecological change, driving
unprecedented challenges to human well-being. Olfaction is a key sensory system through …

Humans share sensory systems with a common anatomical blueprint, but individual sensory
experience nevertheless varies. In olfaction, it is not known to what degree sensory …

The capacity for abstract thought is one of the hallmarks of human cognition. However, the
mechanisms underlying the ability to form and use abstract concepts like 'fantasy'and …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

Abstract concepts are relevant to a wide range of disciplines, including cognitive science,
linguistics, psychology, cognitive, social, and affective neuroscience, and philosophy. This …

Grounded theories hold sensorimotor activation is critical to language processing. Such
theories have focused predominantly on the dominant senses of sight and hearing …

Gender has been the focus of linguistic and psychological studies, but little is known about
its conceptual representation. We investigate whether the conceptual structure of gender–as …