The Story So Far: How Embodied Cognition Advances Our Understanding of Meaning-Making
Frontiers in Psychology July 31, 2017 Cedric Galetzka 40 citations
Meaning-making in the brain has become one of the most intensely discussed topics in cognitive science. Traditional theories on cognition that emphasize abstract symbol manipulations often face a dead end: The symbol grounding problem. The embodiment idea tries to overcome this barrier by assuming that the mind is grounded in sensorimotor experiences. A recent surge in behavioral and...