Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

The Representativeness Heuristic

The Representativeness Heuristic

The representative heuristic describes a biased way of thinking, in which you unintentionally stereotype someone or something. For example, you may assume that your professors spend their free time reading books and engaging in intellectual conversation, because the idea of them spending their time playing volleyball or visiting an amusement park does not fit in with your stereotypes of professors.

Composite Bodies

Composite Bodies

A composite body is a body made up of multiple parts, connected to form a larger, unified object. Each part has its own weight and center of gravity, which must be considered to determine the center of gravity of the composite body. In cases where the density or specific weight is constant, the center of gravity coincides with the centroid.
Composite bodies have widespread applications in mechanical engineering, from automobiles to aircraft to rockets. For example, an automobile wheel comprises...

Nonconscious Mimicry

Nonconscious Mimicry

Nonconscious mimicry occurs when individuals alter their mannerisms to match the behaviors and expressions of those nearby, without intention.

Disassembly of Intermediate Filaments

Disassembly of Intermediate Filaments

Intermediate filaments (IFs) do not undergo spontaneous disassembly. Enzymes, kinases, and phosphatases add and remove phosphates from specific sites to regulate their disassembly. The IF concentration in the cytoplasm also regulates the disassembly. If the concentration crosses a threshold, it activates the protein kinases in the vicinity, allowing the phosphorylation of IFs.
Keratin proteins, found at the cell periphery near cell junctions, undergo a cycle of assembly and disassembly. In Type...

Integrator and Differentiator

Integrator and Differentiator

Op-amp circuits have significant applications in various fields, including automotive engineering. One such application is cruise control systems in cars, where op-amp circuits are integral for maintaining a constant speed. In these systems, op-amps function as both integrators and differentiators.
An integrator within an op-amp circuit produces an output directly proportional to the integral of the input signal. This is achieved by replacing the feedback resistor in a typical inverting...

Stereotype Content Model

Stereotype Content Model

The Stereotype Content Model (SCM) was first proposed by Susan Fiske and her colleagues (Fiske, Cuddy, Glick & Xu, 2002; see also Fiske, 2012 and Fiske, 2017). The SCM specifies that when someone encounters a new group, they will stereotype them based on two metrics: warmth—or that group’s perceived intent, and how likely they are to provide help or inflict harm—and competence—or their ability to carry out that objective. Depending on the warmth-competence categorization, a person will feel...

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

The default mode network: A transmodal cortical system for enhancing cognition and sharing mental worlds in language-specific, culturally diverse ways.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior·2026

Same author

How to build a better 4E cognition.

Cognitive neuroscience·2024

Same author

What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary.

Psychonomic bulletin & review·2024

Same author

Symbol ungrounding: what the successes (and failures) of large language models reveal about human cognition.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences·2024

Same author

Editorial: Insights in: theoretical and philosophical psychology.

Frontiers in psychology·2023

Same author

Concepts require flexible grounding.

Brain and language·2023

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: May 10, 2026

Creating Virtual-hand and Virtual-face Illusions to Investigate Self-representation

Creating Virtual-hand and Virtual-face Illusions to Investigate Self-representation

Published on: March 1, 2017

Intermediate representations exclude embodiment.

¹Department of Philosophy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292, USA. guy.dove@louisville.edu

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences

|June 25, 2013

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

This study examines the compatibility of Pickering & Garrod's language model with embodied cognition. It argues that the model's reliance on abstract linguistic representations challenges embodied approaches.

More Related Videos

Perceptual and Category Processing of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis' Dimension of Human Likeness: Some Methodological Issues

Perceptual and Category Processing of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis' Dimension of Human Likeness: Some Methodological Issues

Published on: June 3, 2013

Creating Objects and Object Categories for Studying Perception and Perceptual Learning

Creating Objects and Object Categories for Studying Perception and Perceptual Learning

Published on: November 2, 2012

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: May 10, 2026

Creating Virtual-hand and Virtual-face Illusions to Investigate Self-representation

Creating Virtual-hand and Virtual-face Illusions to Investigate Self-representation

Published on: March 1, 2017

Perceptual and Category Processing of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis' Dimension of Human Likeness: Some Methodological Issues

Perceptual and Category Processing of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis' Dimension of Human Likeness: Some Methodological Issues

Published on: June 3, 2013

Creating Objects and Object Categories for Studying Perception and Perceptual Learning

Creating Objects and Object Categories for Studying Perception and Perceptual Learning

Published on: November 2, 2012

Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Philosophy of Mind

Background:

Pickering & Garrod's (P&G) model integrates language production and comprehension.
Embodied cognition proposes that cognition is deeply rooted in bodily interactions with the world.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the compatibility of the P&G model with embodied cognition principles.
To identify challenges for embodied cognition if it seeks to accommodate the P&G model.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of the P&G model's theoretical underpinnings.
Examination of the role of intermediate representations in language processing.

Main Results:

The P&G model's reliance on rich, abstract intermediate representations of linguistic structure conflicts with core tenets of embodied cognition.
Supporters of embodied cognition face difficulties in either liberalizing their definition of embodiment or replacing abstract representations with embodied ones.

Conclusions:

The P&G model, as currently formulated, is not directly compatible with a strict interpretation of embodied cognition.
Significant theoretical adjustments are required within embodied cognition to bridge the gap with models like P&G's.