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Grounded cognition.

Lawrence W Barsalou1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. barsalou@emory.edu

Annual Review of Psychology
|August 21, 2007
PubMed
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Grounded cognition proposes that thinking relies on perception and action systems, challenging traditional abstract symbol theories. This review covers evidence supporting embodied cognition across various cognitive domains.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • Traditional cognitive science views cognition as abstract symbol manipulation.
  • Grounded cognition posits that cognition is rooted in perception, action, and bodily states.
  • This challenges the modular, amodal view of the mind.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review evidence supporting grounded cognition.
  • To examine theories and origins of grounded cognition.
  • To identify future research directions.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of behavioral and neural studies.
  • Analysis of research across perception, memory, language, and social cognition.
  • Examination of developmental and theoretical aspects.

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Main Results:

  • Accumulating evidence supports the role of modal systems in cognition.
  • Behavioral and neural data align with grounded cognition principles.
  • The review synthesizes findings from diverse cognitive domains.

Conclusions:

  • Grounded cognition offers an alternative to traditional cognitive theories.
  • Embodied and situated approaches are increasingly supported by empirical data.
  • Future research should address theoretical and methodological challenges.