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 …

A growing body of evidence suggests that cognition is embodied and grounded. Abstract
concepts, though, remain a significant theoretical challenge. A number of researchers have …

1.1 Abstract Concepts and Word Meanings: How to Define Them?.............................. 1 1.2
Abstraction and Abstractness......................... 3 1.2. 1 Abstractness and the Glue of …

Recent research showed that past events are associated with the back and left side,
whereas future events are associated with the front and right side of space. These spatial …

People often make use of a spatial “mental time line” to represent events in time. We
investigated whether the eyes follow such a mental time line during online language …

The nature-nurture debate regarding the origin of mental lines is fundamental for cognitive
neuroscience. We examined natural-nurture effects on the mental time line, applying three …

In many Western cultures, the processing of temporal words related to the past and to the
future is associated with left and right space, respectively–a phenomenon known as the …

In kee** with the idea that observing objects activates possible motor responses, several
experiments revealed compatibility effects between the hand postures used to report a …

Time is grounded in various ways, and previous studies point to a “mental time line” with
past associated with the left, and future with the right side. In this study, we investigated …

Current evidence provides support for the idea that time is mentally represented by spatial
means, ie, a left-right mental timeline. However, available studies have tested only factual …