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Simulation across representation: The interplay of schemas and simulation-based inference on different levels of
Malte Schilling1,2, Nancy Chang3, Katharina J Rohlfing4
1Sony Computer Science Laboratories Inc., 3-14-13, Higashigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, 141-0022Tokyo, Japanmichael.spranger@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Language comprehension of action verbs recruits embodied representations in the brain that are assumed to invoke a mental simulation (e.g., "grasping a peanut"). This extends to abstract concepts, as well ("grasping an idea"). We, therefore, argue that mental simulation works across levels of abstractness and involves higher-level schematic structures that subsume a generic structure of actions and events.
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