Symbols and embodiment : debates on meaning and cognition /

Some cognitive scientists think the mind works like a computer involving programs composed of abstract and arbitrary symbols. Others think cognition is embodied - based on perceptual and emotional experience. This book is a rare collaboration between scientists holding both viewpoints, in an attempt...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Vega, Manuel de, Glenberg, Arthur M., Graesser, Arthur C.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	Philosophy of mind. Human information processing. Mind and body. Symbolism (Psychology) Cognitive science. Mental Processes Symbolism Philosophie de l'esprit. Traitement de l'information chez l'être humain. Symbolisme (Psychologie) Sciences cognitives. Cognitive science Human information processing Mind and body Philosophy of mind Linguïstiek. Cognitiewetenschap. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Framing the debate / Arthur M Glenberg, Manuel de Vega, and Arthur C Graesser
The limits of covariation / Arthur M Glenberg and Sarita Mehta
Body and symbol in AutoTutor : conversations that are responsive to the learners' cognitive and emotional states / Arthur C Graesser and G Tanner Jackson
Symbolism, embodied cognition, and the broader debate / Lawrence Shapiro
What brain imaging can tell us about embodied meaning / Marcel Adam Just
Grounding language in the brain / Friedemann Pulvermüller
Symbols and embodiment from the perspective of a neural modeller / Andreas Knoblauch
Symbol systems and perceptual representations / Walter Kintsch
Experiential traces and mental simulations in language comprehension / Rolf A Zwann
Defining embodiment in understanding / Anthony J Sanford
A mechanistic model of three facets of meaning / Deb Roy
The symbol grounding problem has been solved, so what's next? / Luc Steels
Language and simulation in conceptual processing / Lawrence W Barsalou [and others]
Levels of embodied meaning : from pointing to counterfactuals / Manuel de Vega
Language comprehension is both embodied and symbolic / Max Louwerse and Patrick Jeuniaux
A well grounded education : the role of perception in science and mathematics / Robert Goldstone, David Landy, and Ji Y Son
Mending or abandoning cognitivism? / Antoni Gomila
An embodied cognition perspective on symbols, gesture, and grounding instruction / Mitchell J Nathan
Reflecting on the debate / Manuel de Vega, Arthur C Graesser, and Arthur M Glenberg.