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Coming of age

A review of embodiment and the neuroscience of semantics

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ID23323906
AuthorsLotte Meteyard (0000-0003-1184-1908, University of Reading, corresponding author), Sara Rodríguez‐Cuadrado (0000-0002-8226-6608, Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Sara Rodriguez Cuadrado, Bahador Bahrami (0000-0001-8496-2255, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging), Gabriella Vigliocco (0000-0002-7190-3659, University of Reading)
Year2012
Volume48
Issue7
Pages788-804
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCortex (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-9452 • E-ISSN: 0010-9452
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.cortex.2010.11.002
PMID21163473
OpenAlexW2091301585
LanguageEN
Citations received106
References cited99

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Modal · Neuropsychology · Perspective (graphical) · Representation (politics) · Semantics (computer science) · Action Observation and Synchronization · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Neuroscience · Psychology

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