Perceptions of perceptual symbols

Barsalou, Lawrence W.

doi:10.1017/s0140525x99532147

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Perceptions of perceptual symbols

Barsalou, Lawrence W.·1999·Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI 10.1017/s0140525x99532147

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Various defenses of amodal symbol systems are addressed, including amodal symbols in sensory-motor areas, the causal theory of concepts, supramodal concepts, latent semantic analysis, and abstracted amodal symbols. Various aspects of perceptual symbol systems are clarified and developed, including perception, features, simulators, category structure, frames, analogy, introspection, situated action, and development. Particular attention is given to abstract concepts, language, and computational mechanisms.

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Cognitive processes, including information processing and learning, are inextricably linked with sensory and motor functions within the environment, including gestures and other human movements.
“the theoretical framework of grounded or embodied cognition has been used to explain the effects of movements on cognitive load and learning, by asserting that cognitive processes, including information processing and learning, are inextricably linked with sensory and motor functions within the environment, including gestures and other human movements (Barsalou 1999).”
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Authors: Barsalou, L. W.
Affiliations: Emory University (US)
Corresponding author: Barsalou, Lawrence W.
ORCID: Barsalou, Lawrence W.
Venue: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published: 1999-08
Volume: 22
Issue: 4
Pages: 637-660
ISSN: 0140-525X (ISSN-L)
1469-1825
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x99532147
OpenAlex: W2065548002
Cited by: 620
References: 181
Citations by year: 2026: 9 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 70 · 2018: 82 · 2017: 65 · 2016: 49 · 2015: 43 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 0.37
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified)
Locations: Behavioral and Brain Sciences (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Keywords: perceptual symbol systems, latent semantic analysis, abstract concepts, simulators, category structure, frames, analogy, self-reflection, situated action, language, computational mechanisms, perception, feature

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