Abstract

Embodied cognition theory proposes that individuals' abstract concepts can be associated with sensorimotor processes. The authors examined the effects of teaching participants novel embodied metaphors, not based in prior physical experience, and found evidence suggesting that they lead to embodied simulation, suggesting refinements to current models of embodied cognition. Creating novel embodiments of abstract concepts in the laboratory may be a useful method for examining mechanisms of embodied cognition.
Authors
Michael Slepian and N. Ambady
Format
Journal Article
Publication Date
Journal
Cognition

Full Citation

Slepian, Michael and N. Ambady
. “Simulating sensorimotor metaphors: Novel metaphors influence sensory judgments.”
Cognition
vol.
130
, (March 01, 2014):
309
-
314
.