Action channel switching costs in the comprehension of concrete and abstract mandarin verbs [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe grounding of language in perceptual–motor systems remain a central issue in embodied cognition research, particularly regarding whether abstract concepts engage sensorimotor representations in a manner similar to concrete concepts.
Zhiwei Cai, Zhongyuan Qu, Ning Fan
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Beyond concreteness: why word specificity is the missing piece in theories on embodied language comprehension [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyThe concreteness effect has long been associated with embodied theories of language, which propose that concrete words are easier to process than abstract ones because they more directly engage perceptual and motor simulations.
Marianna Bolognesi
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Touching soft materials slows affective visual processing [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyPresently, there is extensive evidence of multisensory integration in tactile and visual processing. While it has been shown that multisensory interaction between touch and vision influences many cognitive processes, such as object recognition, the role ...
Achille Pasqualotto +6 more
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Thinking climate change through the lens of abstractness: a multi-task and multi-setting investigation into generational differences in the conceptualization of ecology [PDF]
Cognitive ResearchTo face ecological disasters, one of the major emergencies of modern times, fostering pro-environmental behaviors appears crucial. While research explored various behavioral drivers, few studies addressed the conceptual representation of ecological ...
Ilenia Falcinelli +12 more
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Can Creative Thinking Predict Academic Success in Medical Education? Correlating Torrance Test of Creative Thinking Scores and Five-year GPAs of Japanese Medical Students [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
MedEdPublishBackground This study determined the correlation between creative thinking aptitude, measured by the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking–Figural (TTCT–F), and five-year academic achievement.
Marcellus Nealy +4 more
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Abstractness and social interaction through a new lens: the potentialities of hyperscanning in naturalistic settings [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroscienceIlenia Falcinelli +3 more
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Emotion Regulation is Associated with Increases in Linguistic Measures of Both Psychological Distancing and Abstractness [PDF]
Affective ScienceErik C Nook +2 more
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Walking as a way to fight fatigue: A philosophical aspect [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. Педагогика, 2022 Introduction. The article deals with the problem of walking in the digital age context. It is one of the forms of social activity that lets us keep our mind and body on toes – walking, and it is not high on the public agenda anymore. Theoretical analysis.
Filippovich, Yulia Sergeevna
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Applied Sciences, 2022 In a great deal of theoretical and applied cognitive and neurophysiological research, it is essential to have more vocabularies with concreteness/abstractness ratings.
Valery Solovyev, Vladimir Ivanov
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Exploring the experiential meanings of the COVID-19 survivors’ expressions
Studies in English Language and Education, 2023 Language transforms experience into meaning. Grammar, which can be metaphorically construed as its powerhouse, enables such a transformation. One of the linguistic approaches utilised to understand the linkage between the semiotic and material world is ...
Zulprianto Zulprianto, Rebecca Fanany
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