Embodied language comprehension requires an enactivist paradigm of cognition.
Frontiers in Psychology 2010 Michiel van Elk, Marc Slors, Harold Bekkering 46 citations
Two recurrent concerns in discussions on an embodied view of cognition are the "necessity question" (i.e., is activation in modality-specific brain areas necessary for language comprehension?) and the "simulation constraint" (i.e., how do we understand language for which we lack the relevant experiences?). In the present paper we argue that the criticisms encountered by the embodied approach...