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Abstract and concrete concepts in conversation [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Concepts allow us to make sense of the world. Most evidence on their acquisition and representation comes from studies of single decontextualized words and focuses on the opposition between concrete and abstract concepts (e.g., “bottle” vs. “truth”).
Caterina Villani +4 more
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Brain Sciences, 2023 The concreteness effect (CE), namely a better performance with concrete compared to abstract concepts, is a constant feature in healthy people, and it usually increases in persons with aphasia (PWA).
Martina Mancano, Costanza Papagno
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Abstract, emotional and concrete concepts and the activation of mouth-hand effectors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 According to embodied and grounded theories, concepts are grounded in sensorimotor systems. The majority of evidence supporting these views concerns concepts referring to objects or actions, while evidence on abstract concepts is more scarce.
Claudia Mazzuca +4 more
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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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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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Verbal vs. visual coding in modified mental imagery map exploration task [PDF]
Psihologija, 2011 We modified classical mental exploration task introducing verbal modality. Consequently, we could test robust effects from lexical processing in an attempt to understand whether the underlying mental representation is strictly propositional.
Ćirović Ivana, Zdravković Sunčica
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Evidence for the Concreteness of Abstract Language: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies
Brain Sciences, 2021 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 synthetics fibers effect in the concrete plastic properties
Revista Ingeniería de Construcción, 2005 This paper provides a bibliographic review regarding some physical and mechanical properties of polypropylene fibers and their use in concrete. The inclusion of fibrous reinforcements in concrete is growing up.
Julio Portella Montardo
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Discover Psychology, 2022 This theoretical article looks at the process of understanding abstract concepts from the perspective of distributed models of conceptual representation.
Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Danyal Farsani
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The cultural context of development: language as a means for thinking and problem-solving
South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2011 The present study, located in the socio-cultural tradition of research in developmental psychology, uses experimental tasks, adapted from the groundbreaking Lurian study (Luria, 1979, 1976) to investigate South African children’s acquisition and ...
Azwihangwisi Muthivhi
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