Abstract Words as Social Tools: Which Necessary Evidence?

Frontiers in Psychology

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Anna M. Borghi¹  Claudia Mazzuca³  Federico Da Rold²  Ilenia Falcinelli¹  Chiara Fini¹  Arthur-Henri Michalland¹  Luca Tummolini² 

[1] Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome;Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Italian National Research Council;Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom;University of Montpellier—LIFAM

关键词: abstract concepts;    deaf children;    autism;    sociality;    gender;    interoception;    grounded cognition;    embodied cognition;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613026

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Recent theories on abstract concepts and words (ACs), such as Words As social Tools (WAT)(Borghi et al., 2019b) and Language is an Embodied Neuroenhancement and Scaffold (LENS)(Dove, 2019) have underlined the crucial role of both sensorimotor experience and language forACs representation and use [see Dove et al. (2020), for a comparison]. Here we focus on theWAT view. WAT highlights the role of language, sociality, and inner grounding (interoception,metacognition) for ACs. Furthermore, WAT seeks to integrate a developmental perspective withapproaches focusing on conceptual use and brain representation. We briefly illustrate evidencecoming from both clinical and non-clinical populations and identify areas where additionalevidence that ACs evoke linguistic, social, and interoceptive experience is still needed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY