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A study and analysis of love conceptualization approaches in the poems of Yadollah Behzad Kermanshahi [PDF]
The present study examines and analyzes approaches to conceptualization of love in the work of contemporary poet Yadollah Behzad Kermanshahi. Adopting the method of description and analysis of data and relying on foundations of conceptual metaphor, this ...
Hashem Karami +2 more
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Number concepts: abstract and embodied [PDF]
Numerical knowledge, including number concepts and arithmetic procedures, seems to be a clear-cut case for abstract symbol manipulation. Yet, evidence from perceptual and motor behaviour reveals that natural number knowledge and simple arithmetic also remain closely associated with modal experiences.
Martin H. Fischer, Samuel Shaki
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Due (o tre) sfide per l'approccio multidimensionale
Caterina Villani’s paper aims to show how, in order to solve the “challenge of abstract concepts”, the paradigm of Embodied Cognition might have to conceive of abstractness from a “multidimensional” perspective.
Agostino Pinna Pintor
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Clinic and pathophysiology of false sensory perceptions in the scientific views of Viktor Kandinsky
In the monograph «Kritische und klinische Betrachtungen im Gebiete der Sinnestäuschungen» (1885) and in its Russian version «On pseudohallucinations» (1890) V.Kh.
E. V. Snedkov +2 more
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Evidence for the Concreteness of Abstract Language: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies
The neural mechanisms subserving the processing of abstract concepts remain largely debated. Even within the embodiment theoretical framework, most authors suggest that abstract concepts are coded in a linguistic propositional format, although they do ...
Nicola Del Maschio +3 more
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The body and the fading away of abstract concepts and words: a sign language analysis
One of the most important challenges for embodied and grounded theories of cognition concerns the representation of abstract concepts, such as freedom. Many embodied theories of abstract concepts have been proposed. Some proposals stress the similarities
Anna M Borghi +3 more
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Situating Abstract Concepts [PDF]
Situating Abstract Concepts Lawrence W. Barsalou (barsalou@emory.edu) Department of Psychology Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA Katja Wiemer-Hastings (katja@niu.edu) Department of Psychology Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL 60115 USA Roughly speaking, abstract concepts such as TRUTH refer to entities that are neither purely physical nor ...
Barsalou, Lawrence W. +1 more
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Abstract Concept Learning in Cognitive Robots [PDF]
Abstract Purpose of Review Understanding and manipulating abstract concepts is a fundamental characteristic of human intelligence that is currently missing in artificial agents. Without it, the ability of these robots to interact socially with humans while performing their tasks would be hindered. However, what is needed
Di Nuovo, Alessandro, Cangelosi, Angelo
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Investigation of the image schemas of the “torment” in the holy Quran from a cognitive perspective [PDF]
Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistic knowledge that considers language as a tool for the order, organization, processing and transmission of information and examines the relationship between languages, man, his mind and his physical and social
Mahdi Abedi Jazini +2 more
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Varieties of abstract concepts and their grounding in perception or action
For a very long time, theorizing in the cognitive sciences was dominated by the assumption that abstract concepts, which lack a perceivable referent, can only be handled by amodal or verbal linguistic representations.
Kiefer Markus, Harpaintner Marcel
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