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...
Main Author: | Gainotti eGuido |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-10-01
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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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