The role of body-related and environmental sources of knowledge in the construction of different conceptual categories

Controversies exist about: (a) the relationships between perceptual and conceptual activities and (b) the format and neuro-anatomical substrates of concepts. Some authors maintain that concepts are represented in the brain in an abstract manner, totally unrelated to the sensory-motor functions of t...

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Main Author: Gainotti eGuido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00430/full

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