Embodied grounding of abstract concepts: an image-based comparative analysis of sensorimotor and emotional experiences in Chinese.
Cognitive Processing May 2026 Jinmeng Dou, Tianqi He, Tong Chen
The current study investigates performance differences between sensorimotor and emotional experiences when conceptualizing abstract concepts, focusing on two distinct embodied views between the Conceptual Metaphor Theory and the Emotional Grounding Theory. Methodologically, this study employs the Visual Corpus Analysis approach to conduct an image-based empirical exploration of a dataset...
DOI: 10.1007/s10339-025-01310-8 (opens in new tab)
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Abstract concept
Conceptual metaphor
Concrete concept
Embodied cognition
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